MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - A Minneapolis nurse was charged with five counts of theft by swindle for stealing opioids from a hospital machine at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, according to a criminal complaint released Tuesday. Matthew Leninger told police he was "opportunistic" in taking a number of syringes from a machine meant to track the amount [...]
MARATHON, Fla. - A 38-year-old Big Pine Key man was arrested Sunday after the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said he stole medication from the emergency room at Fishermen’s Hospital in Marathon. A nurse at the hospital noticed someone had broken a security seal on a crash cart and stolen a large amount of medication just [...]
Three former nurses for Trinity Hospital’s Home Health and Hospice program are accused of stealing drugs prescribed for hospice patients between December 2012 and Sept. 8, 2014, according to a probable cause affidavit filed with North Central District Court. Two of the nurses are also charged with endangering a patient by diluting medication or giving [...]
A Billings nurse used different names and faked personal details to obtain narcotics from dozens of medical professionals in six Montana cities, investigators allege. Amanda Poepping, 42, appeared in Yellowstone County Justice Court on Thursday on one felony charge of fraudulently obtaining dangerous drugs. Poepping said she was placed on administrative leave at Billings Clinic [...]
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, MI - State officials suspended an Ypsilanti- and Flint-area doctor's medical license on Tuesday, Aug. 29, citing accusations that he overprescribed controlled substances. Dr. Claude W. Hall was issued a summary suspension, described as a temporary measure to protect the public, according to a release Thursday by the Michigan Department of Licensing and [...]
HONESDALE — A Honesdale woman pleaded guilty today to stealing fentanyl from the surgical office where she worked. Karen Feldner, 56, entered the guilty plea in Wayne County Court to one felony count of theft of fentanyl, a powerful opioid, along with a related misdemeanor charge. She faces up to eight years in prison. County [...]
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - A 34 year old West Seneca man is going to prison for 9 years after being convicted on drug charges. Brandon Coburn is a licensed nurse practitioner who could legally write out prescriptions. The U.S. Attorney claims Coburn provided 253 prescriptions for fentanyl, oxycodone, oxymorphone and amphetamine's for nine co-defendants over [...]
Kristine Renae Baker (Photo: NC State Bureau of Investigation) BURKE COUNTY, N.C. – A Burke County nurse and her husband were arrested last week after investigators said they were responsible for prescription fraud. According to the SBI, Kristine Renae Baker, a nurse practitioner in Burke County, and her husband, Kenneth Alan Chester, were arrested on [...]
Lebanon — A former Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center anesthesiologist accused of stealing powerful pain drugs and falsifying medical records may resume practicing medicine, as long as he abides by certain conditions, according to a state licensing board. Dr. Christopher Manfred in January admitted to diverting “a few vials” of hydromorphone, a semi-synthetic opioid derived from morphine, [...]
WARREN, Pa. — A 44-year-old nurse will spend time in Warren County jail on drug charges. Stacey A. Grimes, of Ashville was sentenced by Judge Gregory Hammond in Warren County Court last week to three months to two years minus one day in jail plus four years of consecutive probation. Grimes must also pay $7,000 [...]