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Police arrested a Greenview Manor nursing home employee after more than $9,500 worth of prescription drugs were illegally ordered and stolen from patients between December and February, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said.

Carl Russell Rowell, 32, of Hewitt, was arrested Tuesday morning after police investigated a theft of narcotics at Greenview Manor on Feb. 20. Staff told police that an employee had been suspected of intercepting prescription deliveries and stealing hydrocodone tablets from patient deliveries, Swanton said.

Through the investigation, Rowell, a nurse, was suspected of stealing more than $9,500 worth of the drug, Swanton said. It was determined that Rowell would order the appropriate drugs for the patients, but later add hydrocodone pills, Swanton said.

Swanton said Rowell would intercept the deliveries and take the pills out of the packaging. Police tracked the thefts back to at least December.

Rowell was arrested Tuesday on a state jail felony of theft of more than $2,500. He was taken to McLennan County Jail on a $2,000 surety bond.

A phone call to Greenview Manor was not immediately returned Tuesday afternoon.