The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Dr. Robert Rand appeared in a San Francisco court Monday morning, in connection with an alleged prescription drug ring in Reno. 

After the hearing, Dr. Rand was ordered to be temporarily detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for this Friday morning. 

Rand was arrested last Friday morning in San Francisco. 

One day earlier, the below listed were arrested across Reno:

Richard Winston West II, aka Richie West, 40

Omar Ahsan Ahmad, 31

Joshua Ross Green, 34

Clint Mitchell Bloodworth, 40 

Kathleen Griffin, 43 

Alan Russel Martinez, 59

Braden Kyle Riley, 40

Ryan Daniel Smith, 40

They are each charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, such as oxycodone and illegal use of a communication facility. 

Rand and West are also charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise with at least five other persons in which Rand and West occupied positions of management. Rand is also charged with distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, and West is also charged with three separate counts of distribution of oxycodone.Â