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Zackary Montero, 26, of Chester, was arraigned on theft and drug possession charges. He’s accused of stealing oxycodone from Trinity East, beginning in September 2016. JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — Law enforcement in Jefferson County are dealing with a growing problem -- healthcare professionals who are addicted to opioids. “We see more and more of these [...]
EAST BROOKFIELD - A veterinary technician has been charged with stealing 7,800 opioid pills and then trying to cover up the theft by doctoring records at the Spencer clinic where she worked. Rebecca Renaud, 39, of 15 Gardner St., Southbridge, is due back in Western Worcester District Court on Aug. 8. She was arraigned June [...]
Nurse Randall Gee admitted to stealing medication. Photo courtesy of YourBasin.com Nurse Randall Gee admitted to stealing medication. Photo courtesy of YourBasin.com ODESSA, Texas (Local 2/Fox 24) - One nurse is facing charges after police say he took medication for his own personal use. The investigation began on Wednesday when officers were called to Madison [...]
PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) — The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics arrested a Pike County nurse practitioner in an opioid investigation. MBN said 59-year-old Susan Lorraine Duncan is being charged for having possession of more than 2,500 dosage units of tramadol 50 mg. Agents said they seized 6,000 dosage units of the schedule IV controlled substance from Duncan [...]
A nurse has appeared in court charged with stealing from a 77-year-old man and illegally supplying him with drugs from a hospital where she worked. Sarah Papachristophorou is accused of supplying Class C drugs; zopiclone, tramadol and diazepam, from Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital for more than six years. The 47-year-old is alleged to have taken [...]
UPDATE Thursday, July 6 2017 06:30 A pharmacist filmed without his knowledge by surveillance cameras, pleaded guilty to stealing approximately 180 tablets of potent drugs to her employer two months in 2016. Paul Sioufi pleaded guilty yesterday to five counts of offences before the disciplinary Council of the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (OPQ). “I [...]
Studies have suggested fentanyl abuse by anesthesia professionals is a ‘common’ problem April 5, 2017 A 51-year-old Boone man is accused of stealing and abusing an extremely powerful painkiller while working as a specialist nurse at Manning Regional Healthcare Center, according to court records. David Michael Anderson is charged with a felony for repeatedly [...]
Three health care workers at an outpatient psychiatric center in Biloxi are accused of running a prescription drug ring in a conspiracy said to have lasted nearly three years. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court identified the three workers and nine people said to have obtained fraudulent prescriptions for a variety of opiods and [...]
Katie Louise Prince was given a community order after stealing the tablets from Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley in January last year. The 37-year-old, of Stickley Lane, Lower Gornal, was suspended by the nursing watchdog and, as part of the disciplinary process, was asked to provide testimonials from employers. But, in March, a review panel [...]