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Former Chief Pharmacist Gets Probation for Stealing Drugs from Soldiers and Sailors Home in Erie

The former chief pharmacist at the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home in Erie will not spend any time behind bars for unlawfully taking more than 12,000 doses of controlled substances from the facility. James F. Franks, of Union City, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to two years probation. He must also pay $15,308.75 in restitution for [...]

2021-02-11T17:21:42-06:00October 15th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Parent says fired Cobb school nurse gave his 12-year-old son the wrong pill

A Cobb County middle school nurse arrested last month for allegedly stealing hundreds of prescription pills from students has been fired, the district confirmed Thursday. But one parent is still pushing for additional charges because he says L. Waggoner gave his 12-year-old son medication he wasn’t prescribed. The 38-year-old nurse at Barber Middle School in [...]

2021-02-11T17:25:05-06:00October 12th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Nurse accused of stealing drugs from hospital where she worked

A registered nurse is facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing prescription medication from her the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, according to court records. K. Travis has been charged with six counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit, failure to make keep or furnish records, furnishing false or fraudulent information and theft. [...]

2021-02-11T17:28:46-06:00October 11th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Former Manchester nurse convicted of stealing pain meds will remain in jail

A federal judge ruled last week that a former Manchester nurse will remain in jail pending sentencing because she had violated pretrial release while awaiting trial for stealing hydrocodone and morphine pills from nursing home patients. Katie Louise Boll, 31, pleaded guilty last month in U.S. District Court to one count of acquiring controlled substances [...]

2021-02-11T17:40:32-06:00October 3rd, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Nurse suspended for stealing over 100 painkillers from Syracuse nursing home

The state has suspended a registered nurse for stealing more than 100 prescription painkillers and other drugs from a Syracuse nursing home. It’s the second time the state has disciplined Michelle Pat Scanlan, of Camillus, over drugs. Scanlan admitted in a signed state Education Department consent agreement she stole 93 tablets of oxycodone, 17 fentanyl [...]

2021-02-11T18:02:35-06:00September 25th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Medical office employee accused of stealing prescription pad to obtain thousands of pills

A medical employee accused of stealing a doctor's script pad has been arrested on charges of prescription fraud. According to a post on the Jourdanton Police Department's Facebook page, A. Rosas Alvarez was working as a medical office specialist when she reportedly took the pad and used patient information to obtain the drug Tramadol. Investigators [...]

2021-02-11T18:04:25-06:00September 24th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

West Mifflin pharmacy alleges former tech, boyfriend stole more than $500000 in quantities of controlled substance

A West Mifflin pharmacy alleges a former pharmacy technician and her boyfriend ordered and stole more than $500,000 in quantities of a controlled substance. Johnson's Pharmaceutical Services Inc. filed the suit against the R. Schleehauf and D. Wislick on Sept. 3 in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas alleging conversion. Johnson's Pharmaceutical's complaint states [...]

2021-02-11T18:08:53-06:00September 23rd, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Oklahoma doctor indicted on opioid, identity theft charges

An Oklahoma City doctor who practiced medicine in Warr Acres has been indicted with dispensing opioids illegally. According to the indictment, 62-year-old D. Quy saw patients at Family Medicine Center in Warr Acres, but spent years writing illegal prescriptions so he could obtain schedule II opioids. From November 2014 until  May 8, 2019, he allegedly [...]

2021-02-11T18:13:34-06:00September 20th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Okotoks pharmacist loses licence after stealing 33,000 narcotic pills

Leanne Rogalsky ordered to pay costs of hearing plus $40,000 fine A pharmacist who was convicted earlier this year of stealing more than 33,000 narcotics pills from the Safeway pharmacy in Okotoks, Alta., has been stripped of her practice permit by the professional licensing body. Okotoks RCMP laid the charges in December 2017 against Leanne [...]

2021-02-11T18:26:13-06:00September 19th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Former hospital employee accused of gaming drug dispensing systems

According to documents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, more than 13,000 controlled substance pills disappeared from Sovah Health-Danville over two years beginning in 2017. Federal authorities have since accused a former hospital pharmacy technician with using a loophole in the hospital’s electronic dispensing system to pilfer the medication. P. Toller, of Chatham, is charged with [...]

2021-02-11T18:28:31-06:00September 19th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|
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