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MASON CITY | A woman accused of stealing narcotics from a Mason City nursing home while she was employed there as a nurse was given a deferred judgment Monday.
Briana Hesse, 28, Osage, a former Mason City resident, was put on probation for three years for felony prohibited acts. A $1,000 civil penalty was suspended, but she is required to pay restitution, court costs and fees.
If she successfully completes probation, the conviction will be stricken from her record.
Misdemeanor charges of wanton neglect of a resident of a health care facility and tampering with records were dismissed as part of a plea bargain.
Hesse stole the narcotics Norco and Oxycodone from the IOOF Home & Community Therapy Center in May and June 2016 by documenting she was administering them to residents, while in reality she was keeping them for herself, according to the complaint from an investigator for the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
The complaint noted the residents who were supposed to receive the narcotics did not get them in a timely manner, leaving them in pain, because of the skipped doses.
Hesse pleaded guilty in December.
— Mary Pieper