Wildomar Woman Allegedy Uses Stolen Car To Fill Fake Prescriptions

Murrieta police arrested a Wildomar woman Friday after she allegedly tried to fill two fraudelent presciptions at a Murrieta drug store, and was allegedly driving a stolen car.

Andrea Barajas, 39, is accused of attempting to fill the fake prescpritions Wednesday at , according to Murrieta police Lt. Tony Conrad.

The lieutenant said in a news release that the pharmacy had called police to report the fake prescriptons while Barajas was there to pick them up.

Officers arrived but the woman they later identified as Barajas had just left, reportedly driving a possibly stolen 2011 black Toyota Corolla with no license plates, Conrad said.

At about 2:35 p.m. Friday, Conrad said "an alert Murrieta police officer conducted a traffic stop on a black Toyota Corolla with no license plates" at the Shell gas station at 39614 Los Alamos Road.

"The driver was identified as Andrea Barajas," Conrad said.  

Police allege Barajas was the same woman who had tried to fill the fake presciptions at Rite Aid two days earlier, and that a DMV check on the car she was driving showed it had been fraudulently purchased in Temecula. 

Barajas was arrested on suspicion of possessing and passing a forged prescription, taking or driving a vehicle without the owner's consent and violating terms of bail on a crime she was already being tried on, according to Conrad.

The Toyota was returned to the legal owner, he said.

Anyone with information regarding the investigation was asked to call the on-duty watch commander at 951-696-3615.  Tips can also be provided anonymously through “We Tip” at 1-800-78-Crime.