Data from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) obtained by AP under the Freedom of Information Act, revealed the rate of reported missing drugs at VA health facilities was more than double that of the private sector, it was reported Monday. Amid increasing drug thefts from hospitals in the nation, separate data obtained by the Associated Press [...]
PIERS FULLER/ FAIRFAX NZ The potentially fatal drug was stolen form a secure area of Wairarapa Hospital in Masterton. A health professional has been suspended from practising for nine months, after his conviction for stealing a dangerous drug, known as "Jackson Juice" from Wairarapa Hospital. The Wairarapa practitioner, and a colleague, pleaded guilty in Masterton District Court in [...]
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities have launched dozens of new criminal investigations into possible opioid and other drug theft by employees at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, a sign the problem isn’t going away despite new prevention efforts. Data obtained by The Associated Press show 36 cases opened by the VA inspector general’s office from Oct. [...]
Government data obtained by The Associated Press show more cases of opioid drug theft or missing prescriptions at Department of Veterans Affairs health facilities despite new prevention efforts. The VA inspector general's office opened 36 new criminal investigations into possible drug theft from Oct. 1 to May 19. Doctors, nurses or pharmacy staff in the [...]
A NURSE who forged a deceased OAP's signature to obtain hundreds of opiate drugs has been struck off. Deborah Pyra stole a prescription pad that had been left behind by a GP visiting elderly residents at Abbey Court Care Home in Paisley. An inquiry was told that the nurse attempted then went to a pharmacy [...]
The former head of Halton Region’s police drug squad, who once boasted of major busts and encouraged residents to drop off their unused prescription painkillers so police could properly dispose of them, has been arrested and accused of using his position to steal drug exhibits stored in an evidence vault. Brad Murray, a staff sergeant [...]
Photo: Contributed Photo / Contributed Photo FAIRFIELD - The lead detective of the Fairfield Police Department’s narcotics unit was charged Friday with stealing heroin and other drugs seized during police operations. Stephen Rilling, 40, a 19-year veteran of the police force and the son of Norwalk’s mayor, Harry Rilling, surrendered to police Friday after [...]
A West Pierce firefighter is accused of stealing various prescription drugs from ambulances and replacing it with saline to support his addiction. The 42-year-old paramedic was arrested Thursday and booked into Pierce County Jail on suspicion of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. He is expected to appear in court Friday. It was not immediately [...]
Related Coverage SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — A former University of California at San Francisco gastroenterologist accused of fraudulently prescribing Ritalin over a three-year period pleaded not guilty to felony charges in court Thursday. Christian Mathy was arrested last Friday on a warrant issued by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office after an investigation by UCSF police [...]
Jeana Jiles, 34 (Courtesy Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail) A Hampton woman who pleaded guilty to obtaining oxycodone by fraud in York County last month is facing related charges in multiple jurisdictions across southeastern Virginia. Jeana Jiles, 34, was sentenced to 20 years in prison with all but one year and three months suspended in the York-Poquoson [...]