A 69-year-old physician is heading to federal prison for illegally prescribing opioids at clinics in Georgia. A U.S. District Court judge sentenced Dr. Vinod Shah to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to illegally dispersing drugs. The Valdosta Daily Times reports Shah admitted in a plea agreement to prescribing addictive opioids [...]
A former nurse at the Providence VA Medical Center has been sentenced for tampering with hospital prescriptions. Rhode Island U.S. Attorney Aaron Weisman said Friday 35-year-old Jared Scott, of West Warwick, Rhode Island, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison. Scott acknowledged that he removed liquid opioids from vials at the hospital for his [...]
A Milford doctor who owns a second home in East Stroudsburg was sentenced Wednesday to more than 27 years in prison. Dr. Fuhai Li, 54, received a sentence of 330 months’ imprisonment followed by six years of supervised release for unlawfully prescribing opioids to 23 former patients, including a Honesdale woman who died as a [...]
In January, T. Wotring, 36, of Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, was a flight medic whose responsibilities included being responsible for a safety pouch containing numerous controlled substances. The general manager of Tri-State allegedly performed an audit in January, discovering that a secured bag had its lock broken, and all six drugs kept inside — morphine, [...]
A high-ranking Contra Costa County Fire Protection District official who is fighting felony embezzlement and drug possession charges was given a job with access to narcotics even though his bosses knew he previously had been in drug-related trouble, according to records obtained by this news organization. Years before his January arrest on suspicion of possessing [...]
A nurse was charged Thursday with taking prescription painkillers from patients in a White Lake long-term care facility. A. E. Jones, 40, a registered nurse from Brandon who worked at the facility, is charged with misrepresentation to obtain a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony. An affidavit filed by Pat Kneip, a special assistant attorney [...]
A woman accused of stealing prescription drugs turned in to the Mason City Police Department has been given a year of probation. Cerro Gordo County court records say 44-year-old Melinda Severs, of Dumont, entered a written plea of guilty Monday to unlawful possession of a prescription drug. Prosecutors dropped a second count in exchange. Severs [...]
A former Wyoming physician has been charged with unlawful drug distribution. The Casper Star-Tribune reported Monday that a federal grand jury indicted David R. Cesko last week with involvement in the unlawful distribution and dispensation of anti-anxiety drugs, stimulants and painkilling opioids. Court documents say Cesko was charged with 32 counts related to prescriptions written [...]
Two Town of Tonawanda paramedics were suspended pending termination proceedings Monday by the Tonawanda Town Board after they were accused of allegedly taking discarded prescription drugs from a drug deposit container in the town's police headquarters. A news release from Tonawanda Police Lt. Thomas Haynes identified them as J. Cinelli, 52, and J. Pecoraro, 40. [...]
The state health department last week suspended the license of a Pierce County-based certified nursing assistant who allegedly stole narcotic medications from the residents of a Puyallup assisted living facility and falsified inventory records. C. Homeyer, 28, of Puyallup, was arraigned Nov. 16, 2018, in Pierce County Superior Court on criminal charges of forgery and [...]