A Forest Lake nurse pretended to check in on a patient so he could steal the man’s medication, according to charges filed in Ramsey County District Court on Wednesday. Gregory Thomas Welcher, 30, was charged with first-degree burglary and theft in connection with the April incident. This spring, Welcher visited the home of a White [...]
CLARKSBURG — A Mannington man who admitted stealing oxycodone from the supplies of the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Facility in Clarksburg was sentenced to 2 years’ probation Wednesday. Harrison Chief Judge Thomas A. Bedell told Zane R. George, 27, that he avoided a lengthy prison term only because the evidence showed the defendant’s actions didn’t [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa — A pharmacy tech claims he watered down the opioid prescriptions of hospital patients and stole the powerful painkillers. The incident happened at Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Over the course of six weeks, 731 people may have been given the watered-down drugs. Instead of patients receiving a prescribed painkiller called [...]
A Lexington doctor, James Randall Long, has pleaded guilty to unlawful distribution of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance. Long, 56, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Cayer on Monday. He was released on bond. He faces a maximum prison term of 20 years and a $1 million fine. Long formally pleaded guilty to distribution and possession [...]
A woman from Caseyville has been sentenced for stealing drugs from a nursing home for her own use. 38-year-old Trisha Cleveland pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a controlled substance after the Illinois State Police says she took hydrocodone from a nursing home in Belleville where she worked as a nurse. Authorities say Cleveland made [...]
A Leesburg woman who worked as a security guard at Fayette County Memorial Hospital (FCMH) and stole opioids from an anesthesia box was sentenced Monday to 12 days in jail and two years of community control.Janice Jones, 54, pled guilty to three charges of theft of drugs, a felony of the fourth degree. Jones was [...]
HelioMetrics Comment: This woman was charged with Medicaid Fraud for stealing drugs from her hospital.... Original Story Below: Published 10/25 2016 10:35AM Updated 10/25 2016 11:56AM TAZEWELL COUNTY A Peoria County woman will spend two years on Felony Probation and serve 30 hours of community service for her role in a Medicaid Fraud case. 37-year-old [...]
ILLINOIS - Illinois State Police say two nurses were arrested and pled guilty to unlawful possession of a controlled substance following separate drug diversion investigations. Officials say the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation send a complaint to the ISP's Medicaid Fraud Control Bureau on February 2, 2016 about an alleged drug diversion at [...]
Drug Enforcement Administration officials delayed and blocked enforcement actions as the nationwide opioid epidemic raged on, reports The Washington Post. Here are five things to know about the issue. 1. Ten years ago, the DEA kicked off a campaign to curb a rising opioid epidemic. The campaign, led by the agency's Office of Diversion Control, [...]
By JAMES A. KIMBLE Union Leader Correspondent EXETER — Lawyers for Exeter Hospital have reached a settlement with a staffing agency that allegedly did not warn them about a former technician responsible for a widespread Hepatitis C outbreak. The lawsuit the hospital filed against American HealthCare Systems was voluntarily dismissed on Tuesday, a last step [...]