TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 26-year-old Oklahoma paramedic has pleaded guilty in federal court to taking vials of painkillers from her assigned ambulances and replacing the contents with saline solution. Federal prosecutors in Tulsa say that Sara Nicole Hogsett pleaded guilty to tampering with consumer products. Prosecutors alleged that between April and May of 2016, [...]
A Morgan City man was one of two Louisiana men sentenced Friday for their roles in a prescription drug fraud scheme in Pennsylvania that both men pleaded guilty to in September 2016, according to an IRS official. Troy Tapia of Morgan City and Anthony Rouse III of Raceland, who pleaded guilty Sept. 27 to the [...]
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — A 39-year-old home health nurse was arrested after surveillance footage appeared to show her stealing medication, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said. Jessica Brown allegedly stole a large portion of her patient’s anti-anxiety pills while in the patient’s home. On Dec. 31, the patient reported that a recently filled prescription of Lorazepam was missing [...]
1/12/2017 NEWKIRK — A warrant is issued for Devin Nicole Walker, 26, Ponca City, by the Kay County District Court. Walker was charged on Dec. 29 with a felony count of larceny of morphine. Ponca City police report Walker is accused of stealing morphine from the Walmart pharmacy where she was employed. Police report that [...]
KINGSPORT, TN (WJHL) – Earlier this month, a Sullivan County grand jury indicted three people from Kingsport on multiple charges for their roles in a drug conspiracy, said state investigators. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports special agents and a local drug task force began an investigation in June 2015 after receiving reports of prescription [...]
Lansing resident Jennifer Bicego (courtesy of www.michigan.gov)Ryan Kryska | [email protected] LANSING, MI -- Ten people from mid-Michigan are facing felony charges for their alleged role in what Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is calling an opioid drug ring. At the center of the ring is Lansing resident Jennifer Bicego, 30, who is accused of illegally [...]
(Photo: Courtesy of RTV6) MUNCIE, Ind. -- A Muncie anesthesiologist plead guilty Wednesday after he was charged with stealing drugs from a hospital, and using them during procedures. Prosecutors say Dr. Jose Ramos stole opiates from IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in October 2015, and used them during seven medical procedures. Ramos plead guilty to possession [...]
The Michigan Attorney General's Office has charged 10 Lansing-area residents in connection with an prescription drug ring.(Photo: LSJ file photo) EAST LANSING - Ten Lansing-area residents have been charged in connection with an opioid prescription drug ring, the Michigan Attorney General's Office said in a release. The AG's office alleges that Jennifer Bicego, 30, of Lansing, obtained [...]
TAUNTON, Mass. (WPRI) – A pharmacy worker has been charged after admitting to stealing more than $12,000 in pills from her workplace, Taunton police said Wednesday. According to Taunton police, 27 year-old Diana Toscano, who worked as a pharmacy inventory technician at the CVS location at 7 Washington Street, admitted she had stolen the drugs [...]
A Henderson man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently distributing more than $100 million worth of prescription drugs that came from the black market. Randy Crowell, 56, pleaded guilty last week in the federal court’s Southern District of New York to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The case stretches from Utah, where [...]