Comments (0) A midwife from Burnham on Crouch has avoided jail after stealing 27 doses of morphine from the hospital in Romford she worked at for her own consumption. Laura MacNeil, 24, of Orchard Road, pleaded guilty to 27 counts of theft of morphine, a Class A drug, from her employer, the Barking, Havering and Redbridge [...]
Two Detroit residents are now jailed after, investigators say, they tried to fill a fake prescription for narcotics at a local drug store. Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies were sent at 8:46 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, to the CVS Pharmacy in the 3400 block of Baldwin Road to investigate a report of prescription fraud. Arriving officers [...]
HOFMANN, JASON WILLIAM / CHARGES: TAMPER WITH DRUG RECORDS(Photo: Marion County Sheriff's office) A former Oregon State Penitentiary nurse has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to surrender his nursing license after being convicted of tampering with drug records. Jason Hofmann, 44, of Stayton, pleaded no contest to two counts of tampering with drug records. [...]
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla., - A Kmart pharmacist is charged with stealing oxycodone and hydromorphone, two powerful painkillers, from the pharmacy and selling them to customers. Kmart called Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies after noticing it's pill inventory wasn't adding up over a six month period. Their investigation led to Jatinkumar Patel, who deputies say stole more [...]
A Co Armagh nurse has been warned it will be “almost impossible” for her to escape a jail sentence after she admitted stealing painkillers and sedatives from the NHS. At Craigavon Magistrates’ Court, 28-year-old Stacey Bryars pleaded guilty to nine charges of the theft of medication belonging to the NHS. Defence barrister Aaron revealed there [...]
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A former physician who practiced in Barboursville pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Gregory Donald Chaney, 52, entered his guilty plea to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Chaney was the owner of Tri-State Medical Center, which is now out of business. On December 1, [...]
A certified nursing assistant in Port Charlotte is accused of stealing narcotics and jewelry from a patient. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office arrested 33-year-old Laura Jackson on charges of grand theft and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, after stealing from a resident at South Port Square, a Brookdale Community. "They pay a [...]
A former Wagga nurse has been barred from the medical profession for stealing thousands of vials of morphine for personal use. Sheree Turner cooked the books at Calvary Hospital to cover up the theft of 2007 doses of morphine over three years and four months. The theft amounted to “unsatisfactory professional conduct” and she cannot [...]
HelioMetrics Comment: When reading the article below, you have to wonder how she got access to all those drugs? Based on the fact that she is a nurse and worked at a hospital, an easy assumption was that she diverted the drugs from the hospital and patients that she was caring for. We will have [...]