The 36-year-old Instagram model, whose real name is Analicia Chaves, was booked into a Mecklenburg County jail earlier this week following a months-long police investigation into a Charlotte pharmacy trip that went sideways.According to court records, the legal trouble traces back to February when Chaves allegedly walked into a local Walgreens to pick up a Xanax prescription.DOJ CHARGES 10 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS IN LARGEST FEDERAL HEALTHCARE FRAUD CRACKDOWN IN US HISTORYLaw enforcement claims the prescription was filled using a physician's stolen DEA registration and provider credentials.LaMelo Ball's Charlotte penthouse has gone viral for its unique decor as the point Guard moves to Minnesota after a trade to the Timberwolves earlier this offseason.(Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)Authorities officially issued arrest warrants charging her with two felony counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud or forgery, plus two misdemeanor counts for simple possession of a Schedule IV drug.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.
DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Her defense team, led by attorney Matthew Pruden, released a statement insisting Chaves was simply a patient filling an order handed to her by a treating physician.Her legal team maintains she did not forge any paperwork or fabricate prescriptions herself, but rather picked up what she assumed was a valid order at the counter.The defense statement clarified: "To clarify, the charges allege that a doctor who used a fraudulent DEA registration and NPI number prescribed Alprazolam for Ms.
Chaves, and that she used the prescription written by the doctor to obtain the prescribed Alprazolam at a pharmacy."For Timberwolves and NBA fans keeping track at home, official police records confirm LaMelo Ball isn't named or implicated in any part of the pharmaceutical investigation.The unexpected legal drama lands right in the middle of a massive year for the couple, who welcomed their b...