An Indianapolis man is accused of stealing over $1 million in prescription drugs from a CVS distribution warehouse. That suspect, J. Holloway, is now facing federal charges. Employees at the CVS warehouse near I-70 and 465 normally work to distribute prescription medicine to CVS pharmacies across several states, but according to the criminal complaint, Holloway [...]
Two area doctors were arrested and are now facing multiple drug possession charges. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of Monroe, they received a tip that Dr. Barbara Beard and Dr. Cynthia Brown-Manning were prescribing each other controlled prescription drugs. The Diversion Investigators say they reviewed both Manning and Beard’s Louisiana Prescription Monitoring Program [...]
A Louisville Dentist who prescribed controlled substances after being suspended by the Kentucky Board of Dentistry (KBD) has been charged by federal criminal complaint, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett. Paul William Yaggie, DMD, 48, of Louisville, Kentucky has been charged with prescribing hydrocodone and oxycodone in violation of Title 21, United States [...]
A Miami federal judge has sentenced a wholesale pharmaceutical business owner to 103 months imprisonment for his role in a scheme to pass off expensive and delicate prescription medications illegally procured on the streets as ones that came directly from legitimate prescription drug manufacturers. The illegally obtained prescription medications to treat conditions like cancer, HIV, [...]
United States District Court Judge David J. Hale sentenced Louisville physician Peter Steiner to 60 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for knowingly and intentionally distributing and dispensing Schedule II, Schedule III and Schedule IV controlled substances without any legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of professional medical practice, [...]
A former nurse at an Austintown nursing home was indicted by a Mahoning County grand jury on charges that she stole pills from residents and forged documents to cover for herself. D. Goody, 50, of Burkey Road in Austintown, faces nine counts of theft of drugs and nine counts of illegal processing of drug documents, [...]
A federal grand jury in Kentucky returned an indictment Wednesday charging two doctors for their alleged involvement in conspiracies to illegally distribute opioids and commit health care fraud. According to court documents, Drs. William Lawrence Siefert, 67, of Dayton, Ohio, and Timothy Ehn, 48, of Union, Kentucky, orchestrated their alleged illegal prescribing and health care [...]
The felony charge against a Mankato hospital nurse who admitted to stealing painkillers will be reduced to a misdemeanor if he completes Veterans Court and probation. Brett Seeger Jordan, 40, of North Mankato, pleaded guilty to felony theft and was sentenced Tuesday in Blue Earth County District Court. Jordan was charged last spring after a [...]
If an Edgerton nurse successfully completes one year of probation, she could have a felony charge dismissed in a case in which she was charged with stealing pain medication from a resident with cancer at Swifthaven Community. Rock County Judge Karl Hanson followed the plea agreement Friday for Sarah M. Splitter, which called for her [...]
Federal judge bans Tampa pharmacy from prescribing opioids Prosecutors say the pharmacists at WeCare Pharmacy ignored “red flags” in writing and filling thousands of narcotics prescriptions. By Josh Solomon Published Jan. 31 Updated Jan. 31 TAMPA — A pharmacist, their spouse and their business partner are accused of writing and filling suspicious narcotics prescriptions in [...]