Police accuse a Carbondale nurse of forging the signatures of 19 co-workers 287 times over 185 days to steal painkillers and sedatives to support her sister’s drug addiction. Bonnie Duffy, a licensed practical nurse, admitted to Carbondale Patrolman William Wolfe last month that she has been stealing medication from her employer, Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation [...]
Federal agents arrested an anesthesiologist on Wednesday on charges alleging that he stole drugs from the Muncie hospital where he worked and treated patients while high. Jose Ramos, 51, was arrested at his home in Fort Wayne by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and was charged with four felony counts of possession of a narcotic [...]
By Cari DeLamielleure-Scott Posted July 6, 2016 WEST BLOOMFIELD — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has charged a West Bloomfield doctor who was under investigation after police found drugs and post-conception material in his impounded vehicle in September 2015. Michael Roth, 74, was charged June 23 with possession with intent to deliver the Schedule II [...]
HARTFORD — A UConn Health Center physician is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Superior Court in Hartford on charges that he stole medication from the hospital in Farmington on multiple occasions. Dr. Micha Abeles, 71, of West Hartford, faces a single felony charge of second-degree larceny. According to the warrant for his arrest, Abeles [...]
DUPLIN COUNTY, NC (WITN) - A detention officer has been arrested, accused of stealing drugs from the jail clinic. Katrina Boney was charged with larceny by employee. Duplin County Sheriff Blake Wallace says he notified the State Bureau of Investigation when they discovered last Thursday that medication was missing from the jail's medical clinic. The [...]
CINCINNATI - A University of Cincinnati Medical Center nurse admitted taking fentanyl and oxycodone from hospital supplies, court documents say. Shannon Rose, 40, also lied on medical paper work when she claimed the medication was given to patients, according to police. Health-care professional are becoming addicted at an alarming rate, addiction specialist Nan Franks told [...]
A HAMPSHIRE doctor who had been suspended after being accused of stealing drugs died after taking an overdose, an inquest heard. Shuvo Mukherjee was found dead in the bedroom of his home in Shirley, in Southampton, an inquest heard. He had been suspended by the General Medical Council in May 2015 for obtaining ketamine at [...]
TUPELO, Miss. — A Tupelo woman is facing charges after being accused of stealing prescription drugs from a nursing home patient. Attorney General Jim Hood said in a statement that Angela Sweat, 37, turned herself in to authorities Friday. A Lee County grand jury indicted Sweat on multiple charges including obtaining possession of a legal [...]
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) – A nurse working in a Colorado mountain community has been charged with two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and one of theft from a hospital after an investigation touched off by a test showing powerful painkiller in her system, a district attorney said Monday. Kimberly Jeanne Burgans, 47, [...]
An East Stroudsburg School District security officer has been arrested for allegedly stealing a student's medication from a locked medicine cabinet in the East Stroudsburg High School South nurse's office, according to the Monroe County District Attorney's Office. Karen Palaia, 56, of Bangor, is facing charges of theft and possession of a controlled substance, according [...]