× Nursing home employee charge with theft of fentanyl patches LINCOLN COUNTY, MO – 27-year-old Deborah Smith of Moscow Mills, MO has been charged with stealing of a control substance and possession of a controlled substance in Lincoln County. The charges stem from a complaint filed by the director of the Troy Manor Nursing Home. Investigators [...]
A southern Missouri paramedic has pleaded guilty to stealing opioids and filling the empty vials with saline solution. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 30-year-old Zachary McCleary pleaded guilty Monday to tampering with a consumer product. Prosecutors say 18 patients in Barton County alone reported getting salt water instead of painkillers because of McCleary's actions. The [...]
27-year-old Deborah Smith of Moscow Mills, MO has been charged with stealing of a control substance and possession of a controlled substance in Lincoln County. The charges stem from a complaint filed by the director of the Troy Manor Nursing Home. Investigators from the Lincoln County Narcotics Unit went to Ms. Smith’s home and asked [...]
A licensed practical nurse in Saskatoon is facing a disciplinary hearing later this year for professional misconduct. Natasha Janzen is accused of stealing 18 vials of the deadly, synthetic opioid sufentanil from a patient in 2017, failing to do proper paperwork and failing to "develop and maintain an appropriate relationship" with the patient. Sufentanil is a drug used for pain [...]
A local pharmacy technician is behind bars for allegedly stealing narcotics from the pharmacy chain where she worked at. The investigation involved the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team and began in late June. Authorities learned that a pharmacy tech was possibly stealing opiate-based pain medications such [...]
A former paramedic faces several charges after police say he stole drugs from ambulances and fire trucks in five Indiana counties. J. Howard, 41, was arrested Monday at his Fishers home on felony drug possession charges and misdemeanor theft charges. He was booked into the Hancock County Jail. Indiana State Police (ISP) investigators say Howard [...]
A former pharmacist in Massachusetts who stole antidepressants while on the job has been placed on probation. Brian Anderson pleaded guilty Friday to stealing 20 pills during his overnight shift at a North Attleborough CVS. The Sun Chronicle reports that the 30-year-old Anderson has been working there for about two months before the thefts were reported in [...]
The co-owner of a Maryville pharmacy accused of stealing oxycodone from the business has agreed to plead guilty to the thefts. Randall Scott Jenkins, identified in a plea agreement on file in Knoxville’s U.S. District Court as the co-owner of City Drug Co. since 2002, has signed an agreement to plead guilty to two counts [...]
A former pharmacy tech at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines will spend up to 30 months in prison for stealing powerful liquid opioids and replacing them with saline. On Tuesday, Victor Van Cleave was sentenced in federal court to 30 months in prison and three years probation. He pleaded guilty to stealing fentanyl from his employer earlier [...]
A Louisville pharmacist has been arrested after police say he created false patient profiles at the pharmacy where he was employed. Gary Yelton, 61, was arrested early Tuesday morning at the CVS Pharmacy, located at 9575 Taylorsville Road, where police say he was employed. According to an arrest report, Yelton allegedly created the fake profiles [...]