A judge took under advisement the conviction and sentencing of a former Centra Health nurse who admitted to taking liquid painkiller from hospital syringes and replacing the drug with saltwater, saying Wednesday he wants to first monitor for 12 months her progress in substance abuse treatment. Autumn Burks Ferguson, 38, of Lynchburg, was arrested in [...]
MOUNT OLIVE – A woman’s attempt to use a fraudulent prescription ended with her in the county jail on a variety of charges, police said. At 1:03 p.m. on Tuesday, Officer Matthew Carlson responded to the CVS on Route 46 in the Budd Lake section of the township after police got a report that there [...]
SCRANTON — A former registered nurse at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center was sentenced by a federal judge Wednesday to three years probation after admitting she stole morphine from the hospital’s hospice unit and occasionally used it while on the job. Janice Monique Matrician, 50, of Tamaqua, entered a guilty plea and was immediately sentenced [...]
Updated: Feb 14, 2017 - 10:59 PM BOSTON - The opioid epidemic is impacting those responsible for our healthcare and it's costing more and more nurses their jobs. Nurses have dangerous, high stress jobs. When injured, a simple prescription from their doctor can quickly lead to problems that can be exacerbated by their easy access [...]
WAYNESBORO, Pa. — A Sykesville, Md., woman is accused of attempting to fill a fraudulent prescription Monday at Rite Aid at 1513 E. Main St. in Waynesboro, the Washington Township (Pa.) Police Department said. Michelle R. Armagost, 36, was being held Tuesday at the Franklin County (Pa.) Jail on $50,000 bail, court records said. The [...]
Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are important tools in curbing the opioid crisis and reducing the need for addiction treatment. These are state-run databases that provide pharmacists, clinicians and members of state law enforcement agencies with information about a patient’s prescription history and offer insight into whether they are a risk for prescription drug misuse. [...]
CARROTHERS Daily Journal OXFORD – An investigation into an employee stealing medicine from a veterinary clinic ended with the arrest of a Batesville man. Oxford police were called to the Animal Clinic on Feb. 7, following reports that an employee had stolen medication and was selling it online. After investigating the case several days, police [...]
SPARTA, MICH. - Three men from the Chicago area are in the Kent County jail awaiting charges for trying to obtain drugs on a fraudulent prescription. Thanks to an "alert and suspicious pharmacist," the suspects who walked into Sparta store on Friday, Feb. 10, weren't able to get hold of the drugs, according to the [...]
Norman Miller Daily News Staff @Norman_MillerMW FRAMINGHAM – A medical assistant brought a plate of homemade lasagna to an elderly patient, but authorities say it wasn’t an act of generosity – it was part of an effort to scam the elderly woman out of her OxyContin pills. Police arrested Elizabeth Sanchez, 38, of Framingham, on [...]
Suspect stole prescription scripts from Wayne doctor, said police Leija Murtis was arrested and charged with prescription drug fraud by Wayne police.(Photo: Courtesy of Wayne Police) Wayne police arrested and charged a Paterson woman with obtaining prescription drugs by fraud after stealing prescription slips from a Hamburg Turnpike doctor’s office, according to police records. Lejia [...]