A Carroll County paramedic is facing criminal charges alleging she repeatedly stole liquid painkiller from a county ambulance service and replaced it with saline to conceal the theft. T. M. Johnson, 53, of Manilla, who is a state-licensed paramedic, is charged with the felony of unlawfully obtaining a controlled substance through fraud or deceit while [...]
MEDFORD, Ore.-- Two new lawsuits against Asante and former Asante nurse accused of diverting drugs and replacing it with tap water, Dani Schofield have been filed this week. The case filed April 10, 2025 lists the plaintiff as Benjamin Callesen, a man who claimed to have caught an infection after being in the care of [...]
HARTFORD, CT (April 9, 2025) — A nurse from Pelham, New York, admitted to stealing and tampering with vials of hydromorphone and fentanyl from a surgical clinic in Stamford, Connecticut, where she worked, federal authorities announced Monday. Kristen Carotenuto, 35, of Pelham, NY waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty on April 7 [...]
HAMPTON — A former traveling nurse was sentenced to three months in prison for allegedly stealing morphine at the Danvers, Massachusetts, rehabilitation facility where she worked. Loralie LaBroad, 55, of Hampton, was sentenced last week in federal court in Massachusetts after pleading guilty to tampering with a consumer product (morphine). In addition to three months [...]
In a significant development in Franklin County, two healthcare workers are facing charges for allegedly diverting drugs intended for patients. Dr. B. Holsinger, 33, of Shippensburg, and former registered nurse C. Bartoletti, 39, of Greencastle, were charged with multiple felonies related to controlled substances, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. The investigation, which began [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa – A Fairfield pharmacist pleaded guilty on March 27, 2025, to stealing thousands of prescription pills from a pharmacy he owned and operated. According to public court documents, Bryan Paul Vander Linden, 42, admitted that from June 2022 to at least November 2023, he obtained prescription pills from Summit Pharmacy of Iowa [...]
KENTUCKY — A Lexington woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for tampering with a consumer product, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Abigail Hall, 51, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove after admitting to stealing and tampering with morphine while working as a contract registered nurse. Between [...]
A registered nurse was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing medical-grade fentanyl from the Miami hospital where he worked. Emmanuel Valentin, 40, of Miami, worked in the cardiac catheterization lab at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital. From July 10 to Aug. 18, 2023, he used a syringe to extract [...]
An ICU nurse in Palm Beach County faces charges for allegedly stealing fentanyl and other medications from patients. 39-year old L. A. Parra was arrested yesterday after an investigation that began last August. That's when officers with Atlantis Police reported to JFK Medical Center after the mother of a patient claimed to have seen Parra [...]
A registered nurse in B.C. has been handed a one-week suspension for diverting narcotics from the workplace for personal use and working while impaired, according to the regulatory body for the profession. The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives entered a consent agreement with the nurse last week to “address concerns” that occurred between April [...]