Inspection reports show a Woodstock long-term care home where a former nurse is accused of killing seven seniors was taken to task by the province for dozens of "medication incidents" just before it was ordered to stop admitting patients. The recently released reports, which are dated Jan. 24, indicate there were 41 drug-related incidents at [...]
MINOT, N.D. - A registered nurse accused of stealing pharmaceuticals from an assisted living home in Stanley has pleaded not guilty. Fifty-one-year-old Karen Evans faces 10 counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation. Prosecutors have accused Evans of stealing 13 Percocet tablets from the Bethel Home between May and August of 2016. They say [...]
Even though pharmacists are under increased scrutiny for filling prescriptions that may interact with each other and for preventing opioid abuse, many are catching problems before they arise. For example, a Walmart pharmacist recently uncovered a prescription fraud scheme. The pharmacist at a Walmart store in Fort Gratiot, MI, noticed that a patient tried to [...]
CLOSE NEPTUNE - A township woman is in jail after her arrest this week on charges of breaking into a physician’s office, stealing a prescription pad from him and forging prescriptions to obtain narcotic painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs from township pharmacies. Eileen D. Davenport, 37, of Corlies Avenue was arrested by township police on Tuesday and [...]
HelioMetrics Comment: If you want to read the full story, go down to the bottom and click on the reference link to the DoJ website. The article below summarizes the larger article. Original Article Below: Three Veterans Affairs pharmacy employees are facing charges related to a conspiracy to steal and distribute prescription pills. The scheme [...]
BOCA RATON A surgical nurse at West Boca Medical Center is facing charges that he stole powerful controlled substances from the facility’s operating room, according to an arrest report. Stacey Loy Lawhorn of Delray Beach is facing 44 counts of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and one count each of fraud and [...]
staff reports A registered nurse at Mary Black Memorial Hospital has been accused of stealing an undisclosed amount of morphine that was intended for a patient under her care. Amanda Lynn Skoczlas, 32, of 121 Mallard Drive in Moore, is charged with violation of drug distribution law and theft of a controlled substance, according to [...]
Three Veterans Affairs employees have been accused of stealing prescription medications from a Little Rock veterans hospital, according to a news release. Satishkumer “Steve” Patel, 44, of North Little Rock, Alisha Pagan, 33, of Mabelvale, and Nikita Neal, 42, of Little Rock, were indicted on drug-related charges Wednesday, a news release from United States Attorney [...]
The administrator of Florida Hospital Oceanside in Ormond Beach was arrested this week on charges of prescription drug fraud. H. Perch was arrested Tuesday and charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, trafficking between 14 to 28 grams of hydrocodone and concealing information to obtain prescription of a controlled substance, records show. Perch, 50, [...]
John Thomas Williams (Source: New Hanover Co Detention Center) James Edison Chandler (Source: NHCSO) NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - A Carolina Beach man is facing multiple drug charges after allegedly using fraudulent prescriptions at several Wilmington pharmacies last year. John Thomas Williams, 63, was taken into custody by Carolina Beach police Tuesday on warrants from [...]