WESTERLY — A former employee of a Westerly medical practice is facing drug charges after police said she illegally obtained the painkiller Percocet on at least four occasions since November. The woman, Elisa M. Page, 35, of 33 Captains Drive, turned herself in this week after detectives obtained an arrest warrant. Westerly Police Capt. Shawn [...]
Nikki Calhoun (Source: Cleburne Co. Sheriff's Office via Vinelink) CLEBURNE COUNTY, AR (KAIT) - An Arkansas nurse faces felony charges after investigators say she wrote nearly two dozen fake prescriptions. On Dec. 20, the 16th Judicial Drug Task Force and the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a local doctor’s office regarding a [...]
Alisha Sue(Photo: Photo provided) MUNCIE, Ind. – An Albany woman was arrested Thursday on allegations that she stole morphine and other drugs while working as a nurse at IH Health Ball Memorial Hospital. Alisha K. Sue, 28, of the 10300 block of North Sharp Bend Road, Albany, is charged in Delaware Circuit Court 5 with possession [...]
HelioMetrics Comment: This is becoming a very common thing. If you still have blank prescription pads, please make sure they are secured. CLINTON, Miss. — Three people are facing charges in connection with a prescription drug forgery ring in Clinton, police said. Advertisement The investigation began Monday with a call to the Clinton Police Department [...]
LOUISBURG, N.C. (WNCN) — Franklin County authorities have charged a nurse with 75 drug-related charges after deputies became suspicious about medications ordered for the county’s jail, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Tamsey H. Watkins, 37, of Louisburg was ordering prescriptions for inmates who were no longer even in the Franklin County Detention Center, [...]
A Smithville employee of Therapeutic Health Services was charged Tuesday with stealing her elderly client’s pain medication. Kerrina Elliott, 43, of Smithville is charged in Platte County with stealing, elderly abuse and possession of methamphetamine. She allegedly swapped a client’s hydrocodone tablets with acetaminophen at the outpatient rehabilitation service where she worked, according to a [...]
The Washington Post reported last week that it obtained sealed court documents describing how National Football League teams have violated federal prescription drug laws regarding the storage, tracking, transportation, and distribution of controlled substances. The documents—prepared by lawyers representing more than 1,800 former professional football players—include testimony and records that implicate all 32 NFL teams [...]
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. [...]
Observer-Dispatch A St. Johnsville woman was charged by Herkimer Police for allegedly stealing prescription medication, police say. On Monday, March 13, police charged Zulia Rodriguez, 38, of North Division Street in St. Johnsville and charged with petit larceny. Store management at a Rite Aid location where Rodriguez is employed as a pharmacist, told police she [...]
HelioMetrics Comment: Was there diversion that couldn't be proved or was it really just sloppy practice? Only those involved may know the truth, but I thought that this was an interesting viewpoint and ruling on telling the California Nursing Board that something was going on with this nurse and administering narcotics to patients. I wonder [...]