One of the region's top heart doctors pleaded guilty to all 34 counts of obtaining narcotics by fraud.
He is now on 5 years probation and was fined $2,000. Dr. Bill Walker worked for Mountain States Health Alliance as a heart surgeon. In November District Attorney Tony Clark said Walker smuggled prescription drugs--mostly painkillers like oxycontin and loratab--for nearly 2 years to feed his own addiction.
We'll have more on this story tonight beginning at 5 p.m.
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