STATE POLICE REPORT A FORMER CALDWELL COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHER AND ATHLETIC COACH PLED GUILTY TODAY (THURSDAY) TO DRUG CHARGES IN LYON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
THE REPORT SAYS 36-YEAR OLD MICHAEL FRALIEX OF FREDONIA ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS TO SIX COUNTS OF ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUDULENT MEANS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS DOCTOR SHOPPING. FRALIEX WAS REPORTEDLY ARRESTED IN JANUARY 2009 AFTER STATE POLICE DETECTIVES BEGAN INVESTIGATING HIM FOR ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN MULTIPLE PRESCRIPTIONS FROM VARIOUS PHYSICIANS IN THE AREA. FRALIEX WAS INDICTED BY THE LYON COUNTY GRAND JURY IN APRIL 2009.
AS A CONDITION OF FRALIEX’S PLEA, STATE POLICE SAY FRALIEX WILL HAVE A TEN-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE DEFERRED FOR FIVE YEARS BUT WILL SERVE THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL. THE REPORT SAYS FRALIEX WILL ALSO PERMANENTLY SURRENDER HIS TEACHING CERTIFICATE.