Ohio Addiction Counselor Faces Drug Charges

Roberta Payne
(Pomeroy, Ohio)

The Ohio Attorney General's Office said Roberta Payne, a drug addiction counselor in Gallia County, sold more than 2,000 morphine pills and 30 milligrams of liquid morphine to an undercover agent.

Payne is behind bars in Middleport, Ohio, on several drug-related charges.

New court documents show the undercover sale leading to Payne's arrest happened Friday at a "Park and Ride."

It's a case investigators call a shock: Roberta Payne, a drug addiction counselor, caught red-handed selling different types of morphine to an undercover agent.

Payne was booked into custody with bond set at $250,000.