Pharmacy owners, managers, and pharmacists were among those indicted in a sweeping DEA sting on “pill mill" clinics and pharmacies. The actions of 41 individuals-which also include medical providers, clinic owners, and drug dealers-resulted in the diversion of around 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills, says DEA in a statement. The DEA also served immediate [...]
A former Iowa nurse who stole medications from her elderly patients at two Waterloo-area nursing homes has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison. Lacey Staveley, 36, of Evansdale, pleaded guilty in October in U.S. District Court to one count of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge and [...]
A former Stratham pharmacist has been sentenced for diverting hundreds of prescription pills for his own use, U.S. Attorney's Office has announced. Frank E. Styles Jr., 62, of Exeter, altered prescription records to obtain approximately 564 pills containing controlled substances, according to the office. Styles has been sentenced to probation and prohibited from ever seeking [...]
A former Centre Crest nurse was jailed Wednesday after Bellefonte police accused her of failing to record the distribution of controlled substances intended for eight residents at the nursing home. A series of audits that began in March found 131 narcotics were signed out of a medication cart by A. Calhoun over a six-month period, [...]
A dirty Queens pharmacist caught peddling opioids to addicts got four years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty. Victor LaPerla, 64, who hobbled to the defense table in jail sweats with the aid of a cane, turned Dale Pharmacy & Surgical on Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill into a lucrative pill mill by faking over [...]
An Orange County physician assistant was arrested Tuesday on federal charges alleging he sold oxycodone prescriptions to drug dealers for cash, according to federal prosecutors. R. Wadie Iskander, who practices at a clinic in Fountain Valley, was arrested at his home in the morning and was expected to appear in court for his arraignment later [...]
Slowly, more data is being gathered on one of the dark corners of the opioid crisis: The millions of pills that go missing from hospitals, treatment center and pharmacies. Yet there is little evidence that data is being used to address the problem of "drug diversions," a mealy mouthed euphemism for thefts. What's more, the [...]
The 4-year-old case of a Salinas pain doctor accused of overprescribing powerful painkillers, allegedly contributing to one patient's overdose death, is moving forward. Dr. S. Mangar pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 15 felony counts of overprescribing opioids, pain medications related to heroin, and one count of receiving unlawful rebates after he was ordered to stand trial last [...]
The Braxton County Ambulance EMS director has been arrested after a county employee walked into her office and saw her trying to inject a substance between her toes, and an inventory of her office found missing and tampered with narcotics, court records said. J. Mathes was arrested Thursday in Nicholas County by West Virginia State [...]
Federal law enforcement authorities are investigating UT Southwestern Medical Center after The Dallas Morning News reported on the deaths of two nurses inside hospital restrooms. Both had overdosed on fentanyl, a potent painkiller used in hospitals. UT Southwestern declined to comment on the investigation and said it has recently improved how it tracks powerful medications. The [...]