An Indio doctor who operated a medical clinic in Lynwood was sentenced Monday to 60 months in prison for illegally issuing prescriptions for powerful narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose, mostly for young “patients” who paid cash. Dr. Edward Ridgill, 65, was sentenced in US District Court at Los Angeles. Ridgill’s prior history of improperly writing prescriptions, “reveals he has not learned his lesson from the past,” Judge S. James Otero said. (INT)

Story Date: April 27, 2018