Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that Dr. Andrew T. Fried, a licensed dentist and owner of Perry Hall Family Dental in Nottingham, MD, pleaded guilty to narcotics distribution and improper prescribing of controlled substances and was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but one day suspended, followed by probation.
The case involved unlawful oxycodone prescriptions written without medical necessity between 2022 and 2025, and Fried has been excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs.
Per the news release distributed on Friday, December 19: “Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the conviction and sentencing of Dr. Andrew T. Fried, DMD, a licensed dentist, for drug distribution and prescribing violations. Dr. Fried owned a solo practice dental clinic, Perry Hall Family Dental, which was located in Nottingham, Maryland. On November 20, 2025, Dr. Fried pleaded guilty to one count of distributing narcotics and one count of prescribing controlled dangerous substances outside the regular course of duties of a dentist and not within the standards of his profession related to controlled dangerous substances…