A Tacoma pharmacist traded pilfered pills for prostitutes, the state Department of Health found before suspending his credential this week. David Pruett diverted up to 8,000 oxycodone pills in 2017 from the pharmacy at which he worked, then told Lakewood police in December that he traded some of them for cash, other drugs or prostitutes, [...]
OLYMPIA, Wash. - A Pierce County pharmacist's credentials were suspended after he was accused of diverting thousands of tablets containing controlled substances. The Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission, along with the state Department of Health, suspended the credentials of David V. Pruett, pending further legal action. Pruett allegedly diverted thousands of tablets containing oxycodone and other controlled [...]
A former Essentia Health employee is accused of stealing highly potent opioids from the operating rooms at St. Mary's Medical Center. Erik Lee Huberty, 24, of Proctor, was charged Wednesday with taking fentanyl and other prescription painkillers and sedatives from the Duluth hospital on at least six occasions in November. Huberty was summoned to appear [...]
A former nurse at Rutland Regional Medical Center is charged with repeatedly stealing medication over the course of a month. Trisha M. Nash, 50, pleaded not guilty Monday in Rutland criminal court to a felony charge of prescription fraud. If convicted, she could face a maximum of two years and one day in prison and [...]
MINOT, N.D. - Two former nurses charged in a drug diversion investigation last year in Ward County pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Kim Kochel and April Beckler both face felony charges of endangering a vulnerable adult, drug diversion and theft of property. Investigators say the diversion occurred between December of 2012 and September of 2014 and [...]
A Missouri woman is charged with murder after her 14-year-old son apparently died from an overdose of a controlled substance that she admits to stealing, police said. Danielle Christine Baker, 41, of Bolivar, allegedly took controlled substances from a medical facility where she worked as a registered nurse. Police were called to the family's home [...]
A Springboro woman was jailed Thursday accused of allegedly claiming to give medications to nursing home residents but taking them herself. Kim Marie Lesher, 51, a licensed practical nurse at Rolling Fields Elder Care Community, is accused of claiming to distribute medication to an 86-year-old female and an 80-year-old male residing at the facility from [...]
The will be no prison time for the former pharmacy director of Boardman's Select Specialty Hospital who was accused of diluting patient's medicines. Ernest Perrin, III, 28, was sentenced on Thursday to five years probation after pleading guilty earlier to multiple charges of processing illegal drug documents and tampering with records. In addition, Perrin must [...]
A nurse with Ocala Community Care, the organization that provides medical care for inmates at the Marion County Jail, has been arrested and accused of stealing inmates’ medications. Sheriff’s deputies were called to an address on Southwest 30th Avenue in reference to a domestic disturbance. As deputies were investigating, they were told that J. M. [...]
ABILENE, Texas — A registered nurse is accused of stealing morphine from two Abilene medical facilities for her personal use. Deirdre Roxanne Lanford, 57, was arrested Friday and charged with possession of morphine, a second-degree felony. According to the arrest report, Lanford took the painkillers from the Abilene State Supported Living Center, where she worked at [...]