A former Huntsville pain doctor has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in which he agreed to serve 15 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorneys office in Birmingham. Shelinder Aggarwal, 48, also agreed to pay $6.7 million and forfeit his clinic on Turner Street in Huntsville's medical district as part of the [...]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Huntsville physician now faces federal charges for illegally prescribing controlled substances and with healthcare fraud. Shelinder Aggarwal, 48, was the nation's highest Medicare prescriber of opioid painkillers at the height of his practice. A two-count information filed in U.S. District Court, the U.S. Attorney’s Office charged Aggarwal with one count of distributing [...]
A Coventry nurse accused of pinching powerful painkillers from the hospital where she worked is facing a disciplinary hearing. Katie Jayne Fullerton was dismissed by the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust after the finger of suspicion was pointed in her direction. Hospital bosses had noticed codeine phosphate tablets going missing and set up [...]
Kelly Dame, [email protected] Published 4:30 pm, Monday, September 19, 2016 A Saginaw woman accused of stealing narcotics from a locked medication box at a Midland assisted living community is facing felony charges. Christie Jo Savage, 41, is charged with larceny in a building and two counts of possession of analogues. The investigation began when the company [...]
(Clark County Sheriff's Office) SPRINGFIELD, OHIO (WDTN) – A school nurse has been arrested after medication is discovered missing from a Clark County school. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office says Amy Baumgardner, 48 was arrested for theft of a controlled substance September 15. Baumgardner is a nurse at Reid Middle School and is believed to [...]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former UConn Health doctor charged with stealing medication from the UConn Health Center in Farmington has avoided jail time and instead was granted a special form of probation. The Hartford Courant reports Hartford Superior Court Judge Omar Williams granted 71-year-old Dr. Micha Abeles accelerated rehabilitation on Monday. The West Hartford [...]
Former UConn doctor caught stealing drugs gets probation HARTFORD — A former UConn Health doctor charged with stealing medication from the UConn Health Center in Farmington has avoided jail time and instead was granted a special form of probation. The Hartford Courant reports Hartford Superior Court Judge Omar Williams granted 71-year-old Dr. Micha Abeles accelerated rehabilitation [...]
LEE COUNTY - More information has been released concerning a former nurse from Lee Memorial Hospital who faces more than 100 charges for stealing medication including morphine. Alex Rodriguez, 28, faces charges of fraud, forgery and drug-related counts. NBC2 learned he will keep an active license in Florida because the Department of Health must wait [...]
FORT MYERS - NBC2 has learned new details about the arrest of a former Lee Memorial Hospital ER nurse. A report states that Alex Rodriguez would not only steal painkillers but morphine, too. He even had the marks on his arms to prove he was shooting it up. Investigators said Rodriguez wouldn't just steal bottles [...]
Andrea Gosiewski ASHLEY -- Authorities charged a local hospice nurse Wednesday based on accusations she stole powerful pain medication from a dying cancer patient and investigators say they discovered a suspected methamphetamine lab when they showed up at her Ashley home to arrest her. Andrea Gosiewski told authorities she swiped the medication because no medicine [...]