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FL pharmacy tech caught on camera allegedly stealing pills

A pharmacy technician in Florida was arrested for the second time in three weeks for allegedly stealing bottles of prescription pills after store surveillance video appeared to show her stuffing bottles down her shirt, police said. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said Katie Jean Williams, 28, of Daytona Beach, had been working at the Pierson [...]

2021-08-04T14:20:44-05:00June 19th, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Illinois man gives up nursing license for stealing patients’ opioid patches

A local nurse who pleaded guilty to entering rooms of nursing home patients and stealing pain-killing opioid patches from their bodies has agreed to surrender his license to be a practical nurse. James Rellihan pleaded guilty Thursday to residential burglary. He worked at Bloomington Rehabilitation and Health Care Center on South Main Street, and went [...]

2021-08-04T14:22:50-05:00June 15th, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

PHARMACOLOG AB AND HELIOMETRICS® PARTNER TO PROVIDE CRITCAL DRUG DIVERSION SOLUTIONS

Collaboration Assures Essential Patient Safety with Behavioral Analytics & Prevention of Drug Mismanagement as Leading Swedish Innovator Expands into United States  Minneapolis, Minn. and Uppsala, Sweden - (June 13, 2018) Pharmacolog AB and HelioMetrics today announced a new partnership that will deliver solutions designed to stop drug diversion and provide safe administration of IV medications [...]

2018-07-25T20:53:19-05:00June 13th, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion, HelioMetrics, News, Press Release|

West Virginia woman admits to ‘largest pharmacy theft’ in state history

A Gilbert woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday in what officials said is the largest pharmacy theft in West Virginia history. Marcia Evans, 60, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, Suboxone, before U.S. District Court Judge David A. Faber. She faces up to 10 years in prison when she is [...]

2021-08-04T14:32:45-05:00May 25th, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Former Billings Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Fentanyl

A former Billings Clinic nurse has pleaded guilty to stealing powerful opioids intended for patients. The Billings Gazette reports that Donald Friedlich Mills entered his plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court. He pleaded guilty to counts of tampering with consumer products and illegally acquiring fentanyl. Mills was fired in 2017. He is accused of stealing [...]

2021-08-04T14:35:42-05:00May 22nd, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Former NH Pharmacist Sentenced For Drug Tampering

A former Bedford pharmacist was sentenced to two years in prison for drug related offenses this week. According to a statement from United States Attorney Scott W. Murray, Thomas Kellermann, 65, of Bedford, began abusing narcotic pain relief drugs. According to court documents, Kellermann took medical leave from his position in March of 2012. While [...]

2021-08-04T14:40:38-05:00May 11th, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Louisiana woman accused of stealing more than $12K in pills from pharmacy where she worked

A woman suspected of stealing thousands of dollars' worth of prescription pills from the business where she worked has been arrested. The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office reported T. Thomas, 39, of Franklin, was taken into custody on April 30 in connection with an investigation that started on April 18. Deputies said Thomas is accused [...]

2021-08-04T14:45:16-05:00May 2nd, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

CO Nurses Get Federal Prison Time For Stealing Opioids At Work

Two Colorado nurses who stole opioids from hospitals in Denver and Greeley were sentenced to prison in federal court. Judge R. Brooke Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado sentenced Lisa Marie Jones, 43, of Castle Rock, a former employee of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, to fourteen months imprisonment [...]

2021-08-04T14:46:54-05:00May 1st, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

FL Walgreens employee accused of stealing a dozen prescription pills during her shift

Authorities on Wednesday arrested a Hernando Walgreens employee for allegedly pocketing a dozen prescription pills during her latest shift — but over 130 pills are still unaccounted for. In a written statement to Citrus County sheriff’s investigators, 45-year-old Melissa Marie Ciafardo admitted to taking medication from the store’s pharmacy for the past two months, according [...]

2021-08-04T14:52:11-05:00April 26th, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

NC cardiologist pleads not guilty to stealing drugs

The Canton-Potsdam Hospital cardiologist charged with stealing prescription medication from patients pleaded not guilty in Town Court today. Dr. Richard F. Wessel Jr., 59, pleaded not guilty to five counts of petit larceny and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, all misdemeanors. According to the original arrest report by Potsdam Village Police, Dr. Wessel [...]

2021-08-04T14:54:34-05:00April 25th, 2018|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|
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