An Abingdon Nurse Practitioner Has Been Arrested On Federal Drug Charges. Matthew Sykes Is Charged With Distribution Of A Schedule Two Controlled Substance. His Arrest Stemed From An Investigation Over An Eight Month Period While He Worked At Watauga Recovery In Abingdon. He Allegedly Agreed To Write A Prescription To A Patient Roxicodone And Would Received Some Of The Pills In Exchange. Sykes Was Terminated From Watauga On May First And Is Still Employed By E&C Counseling As A Nurse Practitioner.