A licensed practical nurse is accused of stealing prescription drugs from a hospice patient and using it herself. D. Aldinger, 55, of York, is facing a federal theft charge by criminal information, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Aldinger in August 2019 allegedly stole Oxycodone pills at a care home where she [...]
A Middletown woman who was a nurse at a senior care facility is facing a felony for allegedly stealing drugs. J. L. Combs, 32, of Fiesta Way, was indicted Monday by a Warren County grand jury for theft of drugs, a fourth-degree felony. Combs, a registered nurse at Otterbein Middletown on Atrium Drive, is accused [...]
A nonprofit healthcare system that owns and operates a network of healthcare entities has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. According to documents filed in this case and the contentions of the United States contained in the settlement agreement: [...]
A 44-year-old Colorado woman was sentenced to a year in federal prison for stealing pain medication from patients while working as a registered nurse, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Alicia Nickel-Tangeman was sentenced for obtaining controlled substances using fraud and deception after telling patients she was conducting a "study" on the effectiveness of patient [...]
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center will pay $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it failed to properly monitor controlled substances, including fentanyl, resulting in the fatal overdoses of two of its nurses in 2016 and 2018, the Department of Justice announced in a news release Tuesday. This civil settlement for drug diversion is [...]
A Clive pharmacist has agreed to relinquish ownership of his pharmacy as part of a settlement agreement with state regulators. Pharmacist Rick Pauley entered into a settlement agreement with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy after being charged with failing to submit timely and accurate prescriptions to the prescription monitoring program, and for dispensing an incorrect [...]
According to authorities, a UPS employee in San Antonio was arrested after being involved in the theft of a camera opening package and prescription drugs. C. R. Casillas, 24, was charged with diversion of controlled substances by registrants, dispensers and other specific individuals. This is a record of the Bexar County Prison show. The arrest [...]
A former Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center was sentenced Nov. 9 to three years of probation for stealing controlled substances, including several types of opioids, from hospital dispensing machines, Acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin said in a press release. While Elizabeth Prophitt, age 39, of Saline, Michigan, [...]
The former chief operating officer of two urgent care clinics in Swampscott and Beverly used more than 60 unwitting patients to fraudulently obtain opioid-containing cough syrups and the drug tramadol to feed his own addiction, he admitted in court on Tuesday. A Salem District Court judge agreed to a defense request to continue the charges [...]
A second nurse has been charged with stealing fentanyl from a Johnson County hospital. A federal grand jury indicted Alec Ramirez, 30, with possession of fentanyl, tampering and other related crimes. Ramirez was a registered nurse at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. According to court documents, Ramirez removed vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone, a [...]