A disturbing new trend in the State of Addiction: Addicts stealing pain medication from their pets. It's an issue new to veterinarians in the growing opioid crisis. Addicts are stealing drugs meant for their pets and in some cases owners purposely hurt their pets to get their hands on painkillers. “To think about an animal [...]
A Council Bluffs woman — who formerly worked at Bethany Lutheran Home — is accused of stealing more than 9,000 painkillers from those in her care by filling out prescriptions in their names, according to Council Bluffs police. Laurine Wilhite, 50, faces two counts of dependant adult abuse, possession of a controlled substance, tampering with [...]
WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN (WJHL) – The same doctor, nurse or other health care worker who steals drugs and gets high on the job can get the crime removed from their record in Tennessee and Washington County Assistant District Attorney Erin McArdle thinks it needs to stop. “The people in this position should have more accountability [...]
An O’Fallon woman has been charged with felony drug theft after she admitted to stealing a total of 420 hydrocodone pills from a nursing home patient in her care. According to a probable cause statement, an administrator at Troy Manor reported the schedule II narcotics missing to police on April 14. The administrator also discovered [...]
A nurse at a specialist London hospital repeatedly stole drugs intended for sick children, a court heard. Philippa Brown, 31, raided the stocks of cyclizine at Evelina Children’s Hospital, using her swipe card and PIN number to get into the secure medicine cabinets, it was alleged. Cyclizine is commonly used to treat vomiting and dizziness but [...]
BEAVER TOWNSHIP, Ohio - The case of a Salem nurse, who police say confessed to stealing drugs from a Beaver Township nursing home and forging documents to cover the theft has been turned over to Mahoning County drug court. Heidi Hostettler, 36, pleaded guilty last week to a charge of theft of drugs. The charge [...]
OSAGE, Iowa — A Mason City woman accused of stealing painkillers from patients in Osage and St. Ansgar while working as nurse has been given probation. A court document says 33-year-old Keri Martinez appeared for sentencing July 11 in Mitchell County District Court and was sentenced to three to five years of probation and granted [...]
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) - A Walmart pharmacy employee was arrested for stealing prescription drugs Monday evening. It happened at the store's location on Signal Mountain Road around 4:20 p.m. The arrest report says 36-year-old Casey S. McIntyre admitted to her boss that she stole a Vyvanse and took it on Monday. The report says five [...]
DARIEN, CT — A Norwalk medical practice that became known as the “candy shop” for opioid addicts is under investigation and two doctors are facing up to 40 years in prison for what state and federal authorities call an egregious amount of fraud, according to a state lawsuit and federal criminal complaint. The two doctors [...]
MIAMI, FL — A Miami doctor has pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud and illegally writing prescriptions for oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam. Fifty-one year-old Roberto A. Fernandez, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. He faces a Sept. 20. sentencing date. Appearing before U.S. District Judge Cecelia M. [...]