After a months-long investigation, a Merritt Island Surgery Center nurse was arrested Tuesday for systematically stealing fentanyl meant to be used as an anesthetic during operations, News 6 partner Florida Today reported. Officers say K. McDonough, a 51-year-old Rockledge woman, would sign out twice as much fentanyl as the anesthesiologist needed and keep the excess [...]
For Darren Peiren, his job as a paramedic with Dublin EMS was short-lived. Peiren, 45, is accused of stealing narcotics from an ambulance he was riding in on Thursday, March 8, during his orientation, then getting into an accident immediately after leaving work. Dublin Police Chief Bobby Mendez said the EMS coordinator became suspicious of [...]
Meridian nurse practitioner Cheri Susan Thomas, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to obtaining controlled substances by fraud, identity theft and misbranding a drug while held for sale. A Boise federal grand jury indicted Thomas on Jan. 9, according to the Idaho U.S. Attorney’s Office. According to court records, Thomas was employed as a nurse practitioner by [...]
They worked side by side with the fugitive doctor accused of performing unnecessary surgeries on hundreds of patients. Now, for the first time, former co-workers of Dr. Atiq Durrani are breaking their silence about what they say went on inside and outside the operating room, and they all say the same thing: They knew something [...]
Greensburg police this week charged a nurse at a care home with stealing prescription painkillers from the pharmacy, according to court documents. Ashley A. Claybourne, 34, of Avonmore, allegedly stole 10 hydromorphone pills from the pharmacy at St. Anne's Nursing Home between Feb. 1 and March 2, according to a complaint filed by Detective John [...]
By MATT LINDSEY POTSDAM — The cardiologist arrested for stealing medication from patients had been under investigation for several months and more charges are pending, according to Potsdam Police Department Lieutenant Michael Ames. Ames said that Dr. Richard F. Wessel Jr., 59, would ask his patients to physically bring in all of their medications to [...]
A registered nurse employed by Massena Memorial Hospital stole prescription opioid painkillers from the hospital for her own personal use, according to state police. H. E. Lapage, 51, of Raymondville, withdrew hydrocodone and oxycodone pills from the hospital's automatic dispensing system several times between Jan. 1 and Feb. 13, police said She withdrew the medication [...]
POTSDAM — A cardiologist at Canton-Potsdam Hospital has been charged with stealing prescription medication from patients, village police said. When taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Richard F. Wessel Jr., 59, was found in possession of 118 hydrocodone-acetaminophen pills not prescribed to him, village police said. He was charged with five counts of petit larceny [...]
A medical resident at the Montreal Children's Hospital has been arrested and faces two drug-related charges. The man, 28, appeared in court Tuesday, where he was formally charged with theft and possession of narcotics. The McGill University Health Centre confirmed the accused's position as a medical resident at the hospital. Montreal police said the drugs were seized [...]
A medical resident at the Montreal Children’s Hospital was arrested Monday at his place of work after being suspected of being in illegal possession of the opioid fentanyl. J. Kleiman, 28, appeared at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday and was charged with drug possession and theft of narcotics. He was released after agreeing to respect certain [...]