Ana Montana Arrested in North Carolina Prescription Case

Analicia Chaves, known publicly as Ana Montana, was arrested in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and charged with two felony counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery and two misdemeanor counts of possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance, according to booking records cited in reports. The charges concern alprazolam, the generic form of Xanax. The allegations have not been proven in court. Chaves was arrested on September 28, six days after a warrant was issued on September 22, according to the reports. The warrant alleges that she obtained alprazolam from a Walgreens pharmacy using prescriptions connected to a doctor whose Drug Enforcement Administration registration and medical provider identification were allegedly stolen or fraudulent. The alleged conduct dates to February 21. That account is an allegation, not a court finding. The supplied reports do not establish what Chaves knew about the credentials used to write the prescriptions or provide the underlying evidence for the warrant’s claims. Chaves’s attorney has offered a different account of how she obtained the medication.