Doctor in Johnson County Arrested in Drug Bust for Buying Prescribed Pills from Patients

Dr. Derrick Hasenour Official Mugshot - Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.

By Leeann Doerflein, Daily Journal, Community Connection ContributorPosted: May 13, 2025 / 10:40 AM EST / Updated: May 13, 2025 / 10:42 AM EST

FRANKLIN, Ind. (Daily Journal) – A WindRose Health Network doctor was arrested on Friday following a coordinated drug bust by local police and federal agents in Johnson County.

Dr. Derrick Hasenour, a 44-year-old Greenwood resident and employee of WindRose Health Network, was apprehended by Franklin Police Department detectives and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents. Authorities caught Hasenour purchasing 30 Oxycodone pills, which he had previously prescribed, from a confidential informant in the parking lot of Rural King in Greenwood, according to a Franklin police news release.

Hasenour faces four initial charges, including two counts of dealing, possession of a controlled substance, and prescription fraud, per Johnson County jail records. The transaction was prearranged and monitored by law enforcement, following reports that Hasenour had been prescribing controlled substances like Fentanyl and Oxycodone to patients, only to repurchase the medications from them. The confidential informant reported that such transactions occurred approximately 50 times, police stated.

In a recorded post-arrest interview, Hasenour admitted to struggling with an opioid addiction for nearly a year. He confessed to regularly purchasing pills from multiple patients, using his personal cell phone to communicate with them. He also confirmed plans to buy additional pills later that day from another individual, according to the police release.

Police recovered 30 Oxycodone pills from Hasenour’s pocket, weighing 3.7 grams, with an additional 15 pills weighing 1.9 grams, totaling 5.6 grams of a Schedule II controlled substance.

The Daily Journal reached out to WindRose Health Network for comment but has not yet received a response. WindRose’s website lists Hasenour as the assistant medical director, practicing family medicine with a specialty in obstetrics at their Franklin office, located at 55 N. Milford Dr., Trafalgar. His biography notes that he graduated from the University of Southern Indiana and Indiana University School of Medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians.

This article originally appeared in the Daily Journal. The Hoosier Enquirer is republishing with full credit to the original author, Leeann Doerflein, and the Daily Journal.