A doctor from Helena's Veterans' Administration Hospital is facing a charge of possessing dangerous drugs after an investigation of his son led law enforcement officials to him.

In addition to the felony filed against Dr. George Weaber, prosecutors charged his son, Kenneth, with two felony charges of fraudulently obtaining dangerous drugs.

Officials assert that Kenneth Weaber used bogus prescriptions written on his father's prescription pad to purchase drugs including hydrocodone/APAP, acetaminophen with codeine and more, over a period of a year and a half.

Bond was set for Dr. Weaber, 65, at $25,000, and at $15,000 for Kenneth Weaber.

According to court documents, detectives with the Missouri River Drug Task Force turned their attention to Kenneth Weaber, 25, after receiving information from a special investigator from Blue Cross/Blue Shield that Kenneth Weaber had filed several prescriptions written by Dr. Weaber at a pharmacy in Stevensville.

The transactions raised a red flag for pharmacists in Stevensville, who followed up on their concerns by calling the telephone number on the prescription sheets.

At that time, they spoke to a man identifying himself as Dr. Weaber, who explained that he was treating his son for pain.

The documents indicate that pharmacists took their inquiry one step further and contacted Dr. Weaber at the V.A. Hospital. The doctor told the pharmacists that he had never heard of the pharmacy where the prescriptions were filled, and that the only drug he had prescribed for his son was Adderall.

A review of the claim history for Kenneth Weaber conducted by the BCBS investigator revealed other prescriptions apparently written by Dr. Weaber, and 35 prescriptions written by the doctor to another man, according to the court documents.

Reports indicate that employees at the pharmacy identified Kenneth Weaber as being the man who filled all of the prescriptions.

Apparently, the other man whose name was written on the prescriptions is Kenneth Weaber's business partner.

According to court documents, the business partner told investigators that Kenneth Weaber had recently admitted to having an addiction to prescription drugs and to using his name and insurance information to obtain prescription medication.

Deputy County Attorney Lisa Leckie said Friday that investigation in the case is continuing, and the extent of Dr. Weaber's alleged involvement is sketchy.

However, court documents indicate that, when interviewed, Dr. Weaber admitted to writing prescriptions to his son and to other people.

He added that those people would bring him portions of the prescriptions after they were filled. Documents indicate that the doctor admitted to using the drugs himself and giving them to other people to use.

A search of the doctor's home yielded a number of prescription pills that were locked in a drawer in his bathroom, according to the documents.

According to Teresa Bell, public affairs officer for the Veterans' Affairs Montana Healthcare System, Dr. Weaber is employed at the V.A. Hospital as an anesthesiologist.

However, she declined to make any other comment.

Officials with the MRDTF, the Office of the Inspector General, the Montana State Auditor's Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency all participated in the investigation.