WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita doctor charged in federal court with unlawfully distributing prescription drugs had been selected to be a jail medical director.

Wichita attorney Kurt Kerns says Dr. Steven R. Henson had the job lined up at the Sedgwick County Jail, but that the offer was terminated upon his arrest. The Wichita Eagle reports that Henson was supposed to start the job soon.

The 54-year-old is accused of writing prescriptions for cash, when there wasn’t a medical need and for people other than the ones who came to see him. Federal prosecutors say the drug scheme resulted in the death of a patient in July.

Henson has pleaded not guilty.

Eight people who got prescriptions from the doctor also are charged with unlawful drug distribution.