BAY COUNTY, Fla A local teacher has been arrested after allegedly stealing students' medication from an area school. According to the Bay County Sheriff's Office, on October 24, it was discovered that someone had gotten into a locked medicine cabinet inside the medical office at Bozeman Learning Center, and took various medicines prescribed to students [...]
A 50-year-old travel nurse remained in jail late Thursday under a $150,000 bond, charged in connection with the theft of myriad pain killers and anti-anxiety drugs.The Clinton Police Department’s Neighborhood Improvement Team took Renee Kennedy Hunter, of 3473 Cabin Museum Road, Turkey, into custody late Wednesday, charging her with felony possession of morphine, felony possession [...]
Here are six strategies to prevent drug diversion, part of the EMS profession's important role in the fight against the opioid overdose epidemic By Ryan Stark It is ironic that EMS providers who reverse drug overdoses with naloxone often have access to the same narcotic medications that cause drug addiction. The EMS industry is a [...]
University of Colorado Hospital KUSA - A nurse suspected of stealing pain medications from patients inside the dialysis unit at University of Colorado Hospital was under investigation by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing at the time of her employment in Colorado, according to records reviewed by 9Wants to Know. The records highlight a regulatory gap [...]
In exchange for probation, a former Little Rock nurse on Monday admitted to stealing drugs from a patient. Cheri Elizabeth Bates-West pleaded guilty to drug fraud charges in exchange for prosecutors dropping a charge of introducing a controlled substance into the body of another person. The 39-year-old California native was fined $1,000 and sentenced by [...]
Provided by Denver7 Rocky Allen, 28, was sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison. A federal judge sentenced former surgical tech Rocky Allen to 6-1/2 years in prison Monday for his theft of a syringe filled with powerful painkillers from Swedish Medical Center in Englewood. “You got multiple, multiple chances to step away,” U.S. District Judge [...]
DENVER -- TULSA -- A former Oklahoma nurse was arrested in Colorado following a federal Grand Jury indictment. Kacey Unruh is accused of stealing vials of a potent painkiller and replacing them with other substances. According to the indictment, Unruh removed Fentanyl and Hydromorphone while working the dialysis department of the University of Colorado hospital. [...]
North Haverhill — A former registered nurse at Cottage Hospital pleaded guilty this week to a charge that stems from her taking morphine from the Woodsville-based facility for her own use. Jennifer Oakley, of East Corinth, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of possessing a controlled drug and was sentenced to one year in the [...]
A former nurse at the University of Colorado Hospital has been arrested for allegedly stealing pain medications of six patients and replacing the drugs with non-sterile materials. Kacye Unruh, 30, of Aurora, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on suspicion of tampering with vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone and appeared in court [...]
Handcuffs. (Photo: KUSA) DENVER (AP) - Prosecutors say a former University of Colorado Hospital nurse is accused of stealing vials of a potent painkiller and replacing them with other substances to cover it up. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver said 30-year-old Kacye Unruh was arrested Thursday after being indicted on charges including tampering with [...]