Two Gardnerville Ranchos women admitted on Tuesday to diverting narcotics at their jobs. A woman is facing up to five years in prison after she admitted to stealing narcotics from the Gardnerville pharmacy where she worked. Ashley Erika Trumpower, 29, reportedly stole 2,000 pills between Jan. 1 and June 13, when an audit revealed the [...]
Jerome Kennedy told a courtroom Thursday that his client Charmaine Hudson has substantial community support. TC Media file photo Kennedy told the court he considered Hudson’s case “a success story” in light of her actions following the arrest. “This lady has the support of people in her community,” he said. Short acknowledged the seriousness of [...]
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - The owner of two now-defunct New York City pharmacies was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for engaging in what authorities have called one of the largest opioid painkiller diversion schemes ever uncovered in the city. Lilian Jakacki, the pharmacies' owner, was sentenced by U.S. District [...]
A New Haven man was sentenced in U.S. District Court on Monday for his role in a drug trafficking ring that was investigated by police from Greenwich, Milford, Shelton and Wilton. Raymond Morales, 33, was sentenced to seven years in prison, followed by three years’ probation, for organizing a scheme to obtain oxycodone pills through [...]
By JAMES A. KIMBLE Union Leader Correspondent EXETER — A judge is being asked to deny Exeter Hospital’s request to revive its lawsuit against two staffing agencies that they allege were at fault for recommending a drug addicted technician who caused a hepatitis C outbreak. The lawsuit was filed by Exeter Hospital in January 2014 [...]
LEOMINSTER -- A Fitchburg woman was arrested Thursday on charges she stole medicine from HealthAlliance Hospital and assaulted a police officer after being arrested, police said. Makayla Sheran, 27, of 26 Lawrence St. was arrested on charges of larceny from a building, assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Sheran [...]
A Dundee doctor will stand trial accused of killing a woman after allegedly supplying her with drugs. Katy McAllister, 30, is charged with the culpable homicide of Louise McGowan in May last year. It is alleged she "recklessly and unlawfully" supplied "controlled and potentially lethal drugs" including tramadol, temazepam and codeine. The indictment states Ms [...]
JOHNSON CITY, TN (WJHL) – The Tennessee Board of Nursing isn’t just letting some drug-addicted nurses from our area hold onto their licenses for extended periods of time. Public records suggest the state delayed action in similar cases in other parts of the state too. Records show it took three years for the nursing board [...]
CHESHIRE — A former employee of a local dental practice faces charges after police say she called in numerous prescriptions for herself using identification numbers she stole from doctors. Jessica Cash, 29, of 327 Merwin Ave., Milford, was arrested this week and charged with two counts each of criminal impersonation, identity theft, illegally obtaining drugs, [...]
SUNSET BEACH, NC (WWAY) – Sunset Beach police returned to North Carolina early this morning with a man wanted for prescription fraud. Police say in late October, they got a call that Keith Sessoms was trying to pass off fake prescriptions at the CVS in Sunset Beach. A detective was nearby and went to the CVS. [...]