A pharmacist has pleaded guilty in New Hampshire to tampering with customers’ pain medications, using syringes to withdraw the drugs and replacing them with saline. The US Attorney’s office in New Hampshire says 65-year-old Thomas Kellermann, of Bedford, pleaded guilty Wednesday to tampering with a consumer product and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. He’s [...]
A House bill filed last week would increase the penalties for a caregiver who is convicted of stealing pills from a patient. State Rep. Jim DuPlessis, R-Elizabethtown, is sponsoring the legislation and said a local family brought the issue to his attention. A caregiver was arrested in March 2017 for taking an elderly patient’s pain [...]
A nurse was arrested after she allegedly stole pain medication intended for residents at Buffalo Crossing Assisted Living Facility in The Villages. Lisa Ann Lopez, 38, of Ocala, is facing a felony charge of theft following her arrest last week by Sumter County sheriff’s deputies. Buffalo Crossings Assisted Living in The Villages. Lisa Ann [...]
Joe's Discount Pharmacy in Detroit has had its controlled substance license suspended after Michigan's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) found the company has allegedly been over-dispensing controlled substances. According to a press release sent out by the department, the pharmacy "frequently dispensed commonly abused and diverted medications to patients, often in dangerous combinations." [...]
An Oahu grand jury returned an indictment this morning charging a former Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center employee with stealing nearly $700,000 worth of diabetes test strips. An Oahu grand jury returned an indictment this morning charging a former Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center employee with stealing nearly $700,000 worth of diabetes test strips. The [...]
CHARLESTON (JG-TC) -- Police officers recently arrested a home health care worker on a charge of allegedly stealing prescription medication from a local residence. The Charleston Police Department reported in a press release on Tuesday that the burglary investigation that led to the arrest of Kyle J. White, 22, of Charleston began on Dec. 22. [...]
Susan Zoeller HARRISBURG — As part of a continuing crackdown on the illegal diversion of prescription drugs, Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced felony charges against an Armstrong County surgical practice receptionist who stole 17,917 pills, including nearly 9,200 opioid pain pills. The pills had an estimated street value of at least $80,000. Susan Zoeller, [...]
COLUMBIA, Mo. - University of Missouri police arrested Jillian Worley after officers received information that Worley was improperly taking drugs. Worley, an employee of the Women's and Children's Hospital, was accused of taking drugs from a Pyxis Machine at the hospital, police said. Officers said they found eight occurrences between June 2017 and November 2017 where Worley [...]
A Somerset woman is facing charges after being accused of stealing prescription drugs from a nursing home where she used to work. (MGN) BERLIN –- A Somerset woman is facing charges after being accused of stealing prescription drugs from a nursing home where she used to work. Christine Steinkirchner, 47, of the 300 block of [...]
The state Board of Examiners for Nursing Wednesday disciplined two nurses, including a registered nurse from Branford who stole an opioid painkiller for her own use. The RN, Alice J. Miller, admitted that on Nov. 24, 2016, she took the oxycodone, a consent order she signed with the board said. The same month, she also [...]