2 Rite Aid Defendants Agree to Change Pleas

The remaining two defendants in the Rite Aid Corp. accounting scandal have agreed to change their not-guilty pleas to conspiring to obstruct justice, a U.S. District Court spokesman said.

Franklin C. Brown, the drugstore chain’s former chief counsel and board vice president, and Eric Sorkin, who is on administrative leave as the company’s vice president for pharmacy purchasing, are scheduled to change their not-guilty pleas at separate hearings today, spokesman Mark Armbruster said.