A former Tripler worker was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison for stealing 8,500 painkillers. Court documents said Olivia Ronquilio used the names of about 65 patients to write 82 fraudulent prescriptions for opioids, including oxycodone and hydrocodone. Ronquilio worked at the hospital pharmacy at the time. She later told investigators that she planned [...]
A jail guard in Madison County is facing multiple charges after surveillance video caught her taking medications from inmates. An investigation into the behavior of 27-year-old Christina Ball started on September 18. The director of the facility informed ininvestigators that she was suspicious of Ball taking medication from inmates who were participating in the work [...]
A Tri-Cities pharmacist has been accused of unprofessional conduct after more than 1,000 painkillers were discovered as missing from his pharmacy. Mustafa G. Elziny was manager of Reliance Pharmacy in 2016 when the missing pills were discovered during a drug audit. He also allegedly tested positive for benzodiazepine and opioids, even though he didn’t have [...]
Two men pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and opioid diversion, according to court documents. According to attorney David Freed, 39-year-old Matthew Dows and 31-year-old Robert Garofalo obtained more than 7,470 oxycodone pills and 1,620 morphine pills. Freed said the Mechanicsburg men were issued a total of 67 prescriptions between February 2017 and March 2018. [...]
Ten Kansas nurses or nurse aides face charges stemming from a state investigation into allegations of Medicaid fraud, the theft of narcotic medications and the mistreatment of vulnerable adults. Online records show that at least eight of those charged are still licensed to work in Kansas, the Kansas City Star reported. Three health care workers [...]
FRANKLIN, Ind. (WISH) -- A registered nurse in Franklin faces criminal charges after authorities say she stole prescription pain medication while on the clock, to feed her addiction. Jill R. Swhier, 34, allegedly stole from patients at Homeview Health and Rehabilitation Center on State Street near Palmer in Franklin. The case is being handled by [...]
A SOMERSET nurse has been struck off after she stole medication from a community hospital to treat her anxiety and depression. Alison Brigitte Randall was caught stealing zopliclone – a type of sleeping pill – while working at Williton Community Hospital in 2017. Randall admitted the theft to the police, received a conditional discharge from [...]
Local nurse arrested for taking morphine from hospital, police say A local nurse was arrested Wednesday after allegedly taking a number of narcotics from the hospital where she worked. The nurse has since been terminated from that hospital, the arrest report said. B. N. Norman, 32, of Saint Johns was arrested Wednesday for "obtaining controlled [...]
The state Board of Examiners for Nursing on Wednesday disciplined three nurses, including suspending the license of a Stamford Hospital nurse accused of stealing Dilaudid meant for 21 patients. The registered nurse, Kerrisha Stacy-Ann Hurd of Elmont, New York, took the painkillers meant for the patients but did not administer the doses to them between [...]
The country is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. Did the FDA play a role in how we got here? Ayrika Whitney/USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee Authorities have broken up a prescription drug “diversion” scheme operating out of Nashville that sold nearly $60 million in secondhand pills to pharmacies nationwide, pawning them off as [...]