MANKATO — A New Ulm woman is accused of stealing painkillers from a Mankato assisted living facility at which she worked. Sharon Kay Byro, 56, was charged with felony burglary and felony theft Thursday in Blue Earth County District Court. Staff at an assisted living facility installed a surveillance camera in June after hydrocodone and [...]
The Board of Examiners for Nursing this week disciplined five nurses for cases involving alcohol or drug abuse, including one nurse who stole Fentanyl patches from nursing home patients. In a consent order with the board, Ashley Dizney, a registered nurse and an advanced practice registered nurse, agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and be [...]
A Council Bluffs nurse who formerly worked at Bethany Lutheran Home pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing thousands of painkillers from those in her care. Laurine Wilhite, 50, was convicted of dependant adult abuse and attempting to procure prescription drugs. According to Council Bluffs police, Wilhite stole 9,727 narcotic hydrocodone pills from 44 different residents at [...]
Former Nebraska State Patrol investigator Christopher G. Kober has been accused by federal prosecutors of stealing drugs while on the job and intending to distribute them to others. The Patrol fired Kober, 44, of Bellevue, in June after an internal investigation, said agency spokesman Cody Thomas. The drug investigator was put on unpaid leave in [...]
37-year old Amy Bacon was charged with involuntary manslaughter after the overdose death of her husband,(Credit: Washington, MO Police Department) WASHINGTON, Mo. (KMOV.com) - A Washington, Mo. nurse is charged with involuntary manslaughter after the overdose death of her husband Marion Bacon. Amy Bacon worked as a licensed practical nurse at Grandview Healthcare Center, a [...]
Matthew Chrisman, 44, of Nashport, pleaded guilty in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court to theft of a dangerous drug, a fourth-degree felony. He faces up to 18 months in prison.(Photo: Kate Snyder/Times Recorder)Buy Photo ZANESVILLE - A former nurse at Genesis Hospital pleaded guilty this week to stealing fentanyl from a patient's room in 2016. Matthew [...]
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro said that arrests of doctors, pharmacists, and others in health care accused of illegally diverting prescription drugs are up 40 percent as his office cracks down to combat the opioid crisis across the state. During the first nine months of the year, there were 150 arrests for drug diversion, [...]
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA) – A Manatee County pharmacist was arrested by the sheriff’s office on Wednesday and charged with theft and possession of controlled substances. Cody Bennett, 33, was employed as a pharmacist at the Manatee Discount Pharmacy when he committed the offenses. The sheriff’s office Special Investigations Division initiated a criminal investigation after [...]
Federal agents arrested a Philadelphia police officer Tuesday, accusing him of conspiring with officers in Baltimore to sell cocaine and heroin seized from that city’s streets. Prosecutors say that Eric Troy Snell, 33, earned thousands of dollars serving as a conduit between corrupt members of a Baltimore police task force who stole the drugs and his [...]
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- After undergoing back surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in early 2017, Mark Barbre received a surprising letter from the hospital in May. The letter begins "We are writing to you with important information about an issue involving your personal health information." According to the letter signed by Barnes-Jewish Chief Medical Officer the hospital [...]