A woman received probation but has a chance for no record of a conviction after she admitted stealing medication from the Mattoon Walgreens store while employed there. Chelsea M. Brettin, 29, for whom court records show a Charleston address, pleaded guilty to a theft charge that accused her of stealing anxiety medication from the store [...]
A Greenville nurse was fired and was charged with multiple crimes after admitting to stealing liquid fentanyl from her employer. T. Larsen, 38, was a registered nurse who worked at Michigan Pain Consultants’ Greenville Pain Management Center in Greenville. According to the administrative complaint from the Michigan Department of Licensing & Regulatory affairs (LARA), on [...]
Felony charges have been filed against a Penfield nurse accused of stealing drugs while working at Penn Highlands DuBois. K. Rucinksi, 24, was charged Oct. 28 by an agent of the attorney general’s office with two felony counts of acquiring or obtaining possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, two misdemeanor counts of furnishing false/fraudulent [...]
PIKEVILLE A Salyersville woman was sentenced to 24 months in a federal prison on Tuesday following her conviction for tampering with a controlled substance. Kelsie Spencer, 25, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Robert Wier, according to a press release sent by Gabrielle Dudgeon, the public affairs specialist [...]
A Billings nurse has been sentenced to four years on federal probation for stealing a hospitalized patient's pain medication. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen sentenced 61-year-old Sheila Marie White on Tuesday for tampering with consumer products. Prosecutors say while working at St. Vincent Healthcare in December 2018 she took a patient's hydrocodone and gave the [...]
The former school nurse of Kingston Intermediate School will be asked to turn in her license, pending the conclusion of an investigation by the state's Board of Registration in Nursing. Earlier this month, the Board recommended that nurse M. Provenzano's license be suspended for an "indefinite period with reinstatement requirements," following two complaints by parents [...]
A Wichita pharmacist has been sentenced to 12 ½ years in federal prison for filling thousands of prescriptions for opioids to patients of a doctor who is serving a life sentence in the scheme. The Wichita Eagle reports that 47-year-old Ebube Otuonye, of Bel Aire, was sentenced Wednesday for unlawfully dispensing opioids and health care fraud. Otuonye [...]
A former Town of Tonawanda paramedic accused of taking medication from the drug deposit container at Police Headquarters has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. Jeremy Pecoraro, 40, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Grand Island Town Court to attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance, the Erie County District Attorney's Office reported. The Town of Tonawanda [...]
Former Mitchell Community Schools nurse Carol Sanders pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft and neglect of a dependent charges as part of a negotiated plea agreement. Carol Sanders was arrested on March 12th on felony charges of official misconduct and neglect of a dependent and five misdemeanor counts of neglect of a dependent. Sanders pleaded guilty [...]
A Seaford nurse was arrested late last month in conjunction with a scheme that was meant to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of more than $800 million. Kevin McMahon, 31, a registered nurse pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing the synthetic opioid fentanyl from the Nassau University Medical Center. McMahon’s actions were part of a [...]