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WEBVTT THEIR APPOINTMENT. TIM WALLER IS LIVE WITH THE LATEST. TIM: GEOFF, WHAT A BUSY MORNING IT HAS BEEN AT PAIN MANAGEMENT ON GROVE ROAD IN GREENVILLE. FEDERAL AGENTS ARE STILL AT THE SCENE. AS SOON AS THIS CAR MOVES, YOU CAN SEE YELLOW TAPE ALONG THE BREEZEWAY HERE AT THE GREENVILLE OFFICE THEY HAVE BEEN GOING IN AND OUT OF THE DOORS ALL MORNING LONG, DOING WHAT APPEARS TO BE COLLECTING EVIDENCE. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE VIDEO WE SHOT FROM EARLIER. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW BUSY THEY HAVE THEN AT PAIN MANAGEMENT AT GREENVILLE. AS YOU KNOW, IT IS A MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT THAT TREATS PATIENTS TO HAVE SEVERE AND/OR CHRONIC PAIN, AND THEY DO SO WITH POWERFUL PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY LOCATION TO BE RATED THIS MORNING. AGENTS ALSO MOVING IN TO PAIN MANAGEMENT OFFICES IN EASLEY, FORCING PATIENTS AWAY, AS THEY BEGAN COLLECTING EVIDENCE. SO FAR, TH FBI HAS NOT SAID WHAT THE OPERATION IS ABOUT. WAYNE HAD AN APPOINTMENT THIS MORNING, AND HE SAYS HE WAS TURNED AWAY. >> I WALKED UP TO THE DOOR, AND SOMEONE SAID TO ME, THE PLACE IS CLOSED, YOU CANNOT GET IN. GO TALK TO THE LADY STANDING WAY OVER ON THE LEFT, AND SHE WILL PLAY YOU WHAT IS GOING ON. I WALKED OVER AND TALK TO HER, AND ALL SHE SAYS IS WE WILL CALL YOU TOMORROW. THAT IS ALL SHE WOULD TELL ME. TIM: WE ALSO LEARNED THE FBI IS NOT ALONE IN THE OPERATION. AGENTS WITH THE DEA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ARE ASSISTING IN THE OPERATION IN ALL THREE PAIN MANAGEMENT LOCATIONS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ABOUT OF TROUBLE FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT. LAST SUMMER, DR. BLAKE AND HIS WIFE WERE ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY USING A PRE-SIGNED PRESCRIPTIONS FOR OPIOIDS. NOW, THEY ARE BACK IN BUSINESS. WE DO NOT KNOW THE NATURE OF THIS PARTICULAR OPERATION. WE ARE LEARNING TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. TIM WALLER,

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Three locations of a pain management group were swarmed by deputies and FBI agents Tuesday morning.Officials have not said why they were at the Pain Management Associates facilities in Easley, Greenville and Spartanburg. Don Wood, with the FBI field office in Columbia, confirmed that search warrants were exercised at the three Pain Management locations.Pain Management Associates has offices in Anderson, Arden, Easley, Florence, Greenville, Irmo, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg, Sumter and Waynesville. A patient who had an appointment Tuesday morning at the office at 1005 Grove Rd. in Greenville told WYFF News 4 via email: “There are deputies parked in both entrances and a big black forensics truck parked in the entry way. They waved and smiled at me nicely, so I parked and went in because I wasn’t sure what was going on. There were at least 20-40 plain clothed agents in the lobby, many with bullet proof vests on and the staff was in the lobby. “Many of the staff were crying, and individual interviews were being conducted in the chairs with clipboards, etc. “A woman who almost looked like a nurse or doctor asked me if I worked there. I told her I was a patient. She went and talked to a man who was standing in the front of the room, arms crossed and clearly looking in charge. She came back and told me that she didn’t think they needed me and someone would call me in the next few days. “As I was leaving, a forensic guy was placing a huge cloth, bio-hazard bag into a big trash can and there were tables set up with gloves and envelopes. He couldn’t tell me what was going on.”The Greenville Pain Management office was in the news in June when Dr. Blake Leche and his wife, physician assistant Amanda Leche, were arrested after they were accused of using blank pre-signed prescriptions for opioids. (Previous story)