Two pharmacy employees at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta illegally diverted more than 1 million doses of controlled drugs, including Xanax, as part a scheme that ran from October 2008 until July 2013, according to The Augusta Chronicle. The scheme ended when hospital officials became aware of a suspicious single purchase of Schedule III, [...]
More than 200 patients at a New Jersey hospital may have been exposed to either HIV or hepatitis B or C after being treated with drugs possibly tainted with blood of an infected former employee. Shore Medical Center in Somers Point has sent letters warning a total of 213 people who were treated at the [...]
Michael Gowder, DDS, CEO of 45-bed Union General Hospital in Blairsville, Ga., was one of six arrested by federal agents Thursday as part of a multi-state prescription drug sting. Dr. Gowder was charged with two counts of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance and one count of conspiracy to distribute, according to WSB-2 Atlanta. The ring [...]
SPRINGFIELD - A former nurse at Baystate Franklin Medical Center admitted siphoning morphine and another powerful painkiller intended for patients, and replacing the medication with saline solution while in the throes of addiction. Daniel Herlocker, 41, who worked in the hospital's intensive care unit, pleaded guilty to acquiring hydromorphone (Dilaudid) and morphine by deception and [...]
A former Army pharmacy specialist has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after he admitted to stealing drugs from Walter Reed Medical Center. Prosecutors say Lamelle Marquez Malone, 35, was an enlisted member of the Army and worked as a pharmacy specialist at Walter Reed when it was located in D.C., before the center [...]
A licensed nurse, who was formerly employed at Athens Rehabilitation Center and Senior Care, was arrested last week for allegedly stealing pain medication, according to the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. A Limestone County grand jury on July 24 indicted Britney Lauren Forsyth, 29, of 25593 Caldera Drive, Athens, on the charge of second-degree theft of [...]
An Athens woman was arrested last week on felony theft charges as part of an investigation initiated by Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange’s office. Britney Lauren Forsyth, 29, of 25593 Caladera Drive, allegedly filled prescriptions for hydrocodone but kept the pills while employed as a licensed practical nurse at Athens Rehabilitation Center and Senior Care [...]
TABOR CITY, N.C. - A Columbus County Elementary School Teacher faces charges after authorities say she stole prescription medication at school. Jamie Ford, 53, faces five drug related charges including larceny of medication. Authorities say detectives with the Vice and Narcotics Unit began an investigation into theft of medication at Tabor City Elementary School and [...]
A Spokane pharmacy technician who police say stole 100,000 pain pills faces criminal charges for drug dealing and the potential loss of his career. P. Martsin, 25, was arrested after he was caught on camera stuffing 1,000 hydrocodone pills and two bottles of codeine cough syrup into his backpack at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center’s [...]
A nurse at a Gainesville health center has been charged with stealing prescription painkillers prescribed to patients. A grand jury at U.S. District Court in Alexandria May 9 indicted Anne Hansen-Shipe, 42, on one count of obtaining a prescription medicine by fraud. According to an affidavit on file in federal court, Hansen-Shipe worked as a [...]