A former anaesthetic technician at a Brisbane hospital accused of injecting patients with saline solution instead of painkillers has been granted conditional bail by a magistrate. Police alleged Evan Leslie Kajewski swapped syringes and stole the drug fentanyl from the Mater Hospital at South Brisbane for personal use. The 39-year-old appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates [...]
State investigators charged a former Washington Hospital nurse with allegedly stealing opioid painkillers from the hospital while he worked there earlier this year. Patrick Wehman, 36, of Prigg Road, Canton Township, was arraigned Tuesday before District Judge Robert Redlinger on charges of theft and possessing drugs by deception. The investigation by the state attorney general’s [...]
An outraged family released the video. They allege Palm Beach Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Cooke, in full uniform, was rummaging around their father’s home shortly after he was taken to the hospital. Moe Rosoff lived at the home, where he hit his head during a Hurricane Irma power outage and eventually died. The family claims Deputy [...]
BUFFALO, N.Y. A former nurse who worked at Buffalo's veterans' hospital has admitted to stealing a patient's pain medication. Federal prosecutors say 61-year-old Dorothy Sellari, of Williamsville, faces up to a year in prison after pleading guilty Monday to theft of government property. Authorities say Sellari was a licensed practical nurse at the Veterans Affairs [...]
A North Carolina woman pleaded guilty after she was caught fraudulently obtaining more than 8,000 hydrocodone opioid pills—all using a Duke neurosurgeon's name and DEA number. Heather Smith Elliott, from Burlington, N.C., pleaded guilty Oct. 4 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to two counts of using forged [...]
Musclebound Richard Spencer Lissamore allegedly swiped the drugs – abused by some bodybuilders to gain weight – while working as a pharmacy technician for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. The Trust, which runs New Cross, said it referred the matter to the General Pharmaceutical Council, which confirmed Lissamore has been removed from the register. A [...]
A nurse allegedly stole three Percocet tablets and 88 milliliters of Dilaudid while working at Caromont Regional Medical Center last year, according to arrest warrants. Janice Herndon Abernathy, 56, of 710 Stanley Spencer Mountain Road, Gastonia, was charged with larceny by employee. The alleged incident occurred between May 1 and May 7, 2016, and warrant [...]
A Wayne County judge sentenced Karen Feldner to two months in jail and three months on house arrest for fentanyl theft, according to PA Homepage. Here are four things to know: 1. Ms. Feldner received the sentence for stealing almost 2,000 fentanyl vials from Honesdale, Pa.-based Mountain Laurel Surgery Center, where she formerly worked as the [...]
ST. JOSEPH — A former Walgreen’s pharmacy technician faces up to five years in prison after admitting to stealing bottles of pills from the pharmacy. Victoria Bownes, 27, of Benton Harbor pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzlement between $1,000 and $20,000 from the Walgreens at 875 E. Napier in Benton Township.
GLOBE, AZ - A surgeon from Globe has been indicted on dozens of charges after he allegedly forged the signature of a Phoenix doctor to obtain opioids for his personal use. The indictment against 40-year-old Dr. Jamison Mark Foster was announced by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Wednesday. Authorities say the indictment alleges that [...]