A nurse is out on bond after being charged with multiple drug felonies. L. Burke was working at Memorial Health when investigators say she was caught stealing medical supplies. Officials say it was only a matter of hours before they tracked down the missing drugs and medical equipment to Burke — who was still inside [...]
A suspended Lincoln nurse was sentenced Tuesday to probation and a week of jail time for stealing fentanyl from the hospital where she worked. Krista Morgan, 31, pleaded guilty to acquiring a controlled substance by fraud for taking several 2-milliliter bottles of fentanyl citrate from Bryan West Campus. In a petition for disciplinary action against [...]
The Chatham-Savannah Narcotics Team has arrested a nurse after it was determined she was stealing controlled substances from a local hospital. CNT arrested 33-year-old L. Burke, of Pooler, on Tuesday. Burke was a registered nurse for Memorial Health at the time of her arrest. Officials say they were contacted by Memorial Security regarding a narcotics [...]
Pharmacist Vilawoe Aku Boadu, 39, of Peoria, Ariz., was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 120 months in prison. Zinka Sisic, 30, of Phoenix, who worked as a Pharmacy Technician for Boadu, was previously sentenced to 48 months in prison. Boadu and Sisic were both convicted of conspiring to distribute controlled [...]
A former Kansas City paramedic and firefighter pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing and using potent painkilling drugs while on duty. Michael L. Fostich admitted that he removed vials of morphine and fentanyl from locked safes on ambulances throughout 2016 when he worked primarily out of the fire station at 32nd Street and Indiana Avenue. After [...]
A 48-year-old hospital employee was charged with stealing from the facility pharmacy over an unidentified period of the previous year, Dover Police announced Wednesday. According to authorities, Bayhealth Kent General Hospital administrators contacted police about P. Davis' suspected theft of drugs from the pharmacy in which he worked, and police conducted an investigation. Davis stole [...]
A Delaware County chiropractor was arrested and charged for allegedly writing forging doctors' signatures on prescriptions for painkiller drugs, according to District Attorney Katayoun M. Copeland. Copeland announced Wednesday the arrest of chiropractor Marc Steven Persson, 40, of Swarthmore and owner of Perssonal Health Chiropractor in Ridley, for the alleged fraudulent prescriptions. Persson is charged [...]
Three nurses are under indictment in Warren County. Investigators say the nurses stole prescription pain medicine from their patients. None of the cases are connected. All three former nurses happened to be indicted Monday in Warren County Common Pleas Court. T. Martin, A. Vazquez and R. Leonhardt are all charged with fourth-degree felonies. They're accused [...]
Veteran Affairs hospital nurse anesthetist pleaded guilty Monday to stealing fentanyl from an automated drug distribution system at the facility. Todd Mehrhoff, 48, is charged with obtaining fentanyl by use of misrepresentation and fraud. The Waunakee man worked at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, where he assisted with surgeries in the [...]
A registered nurse faces drug charges after allegedly diverting narcotic pain medication from a local hospital, court records state. J. M. Rothermel, 34, is charged with acquiring or obtaining possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, intentional possession of a controlled substance by person not registered and refusal to keep records as required by act, [...]