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NV nurse charged with stealing nearly 250 pills prescribed for seniors

Nearly 250 prescription medication pills dispensed for residents were kept by a nurse working at a Meadville senior living facility during the first six months of the year, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General charged on Thursday. E. Hart, 37, of Reno faces seven felony and 25 misdemeanor charges for allegedly taking painkillers and anxiety [...]

2022-08-01T16:20:33-05:00July 29th, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

South Carolina: Nurse accused of neglecting patient, stealing drugs, pleads guilty

An Upstate nurse is headed to prison after pleading guilty to several charges, according to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.Kelly Morgan, 37, of Mauldin, pleaded guilty on July 21, 2022, to two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, neglect of a vulnerable adult, unauthorized practice of nursing and furnishing false or fraudulent [...]

2022-07-26T15:33:43-05:00July 25th, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Integris Health settles for allegedly not reporting drug thefts fast enough

Oklahoma City hospital, INTEGRIS, agreed to a $120,000 settlement in a civil suit accusing the Integris Baptist Medical Center Pharmacy of not reporting fentanyl and hydromorphone thefts in a timely manner. The United States alleges that in October 2021 Integris Pharmacy failed to timely notify the Drug Enforcement Agency regarding drug thefts.  More specifically, the [...]

2022-07-26T15:36:51-05:00July 20th, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Former OH nurse accused of stealing drugs from local hospital indicted on charges

A former registered nurse is facing charges after being accused of stealing drugs from a Dayton hospital. J. Archibald, 43, of Dayton, was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury Monday on seven counts of theft of drugs and one count of tampering with drugs. Court documents indicate the alleged crimes took place between January [...]

2022-08-01T16:27:56-05:00July 19th, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

PA Nurse Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Drugs at Substance Abuse Treatment Center

Molly Munro, age 45, of Horsham, Montgomery County was sentenced Friday in court to 6-12 months in Chester County Prison, plus two years of reporting probation, for stealing Subutex in early 2020 from Recovery Centers of America in Devon where she worked as a nurse. According to Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan, Munro pled guilty in [...]

2022-08-01T16:57:30-05:00June 26th, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

VA Veterinarian Headed to Prison for Opioid Theft

A former veterinarian, who admitted to stealing opioids, was sentenced today to eight months in federal prison. Patrick Gries, 54, of Madison Heights, Virginia, pleaded guilty in January 2022 to one count of adulteration of a drug held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce and one count of distribution of a controlled substance without [...]

2022-08-01T17:02:34-05:00June 24th, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Florida Man Arrested for Distributing $230 Million Worth of Adulterated HIV Medication

Lazaro Hernandez, 51, of Miami, was arrested on June 17 for allegedly distributing millions of dollars worth of adulterated drugs for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that were eventually distributed to patients throughout the United States. Hernandez and co-conspirators established licensed wholesale drug distribution companies in New York, Florida, Connecticut, and New Jersey to distribute “adulterated and [...]

2022-06-22T15:15:13-05:00June 21st, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Port Charlotte, Florida nurse arrested for stealing drugs from hospital

A Port Charlotte nurse is now facing criminal charges after taking several vials of a pain killer from the hospital she worked for. W. Alley was an emergency room nurse at Shorepoint Port Charlotte when she allegedly took 11 vials of hydromorphone without providing patient orders. The hospital requested the 46-year-old come in twice for [...]

2022-06-22T15:16:56-05:00June 20th, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Montana nurse charged with stealing pain medications takes plea deal

A Butte nurse accused of stealing prescription pain medication from a hospital and nursing homes has pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled substances. Shantyl Giacoletto, 30, had previously pleaded not guilty to four counts but changed her pleas on three of them before U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula on Thursday. [...]

2022-06-22T15:19:55-05:00June 17th, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Fairfax, VA School Nurse Stole Students’ Pills, Gave Them Allergy Meds Instead

Parents at a Fairfax County elementary school learned recently that a school nurse had stolen their children's medication, a newspaper found. The Fairfax Times reported that the Greenbriar East Elementary School health worker was swapping out the meds with allergy pills. The Fairfax County Health Department, which employs school health workers, alerted parents through a [...]

2022-06-22T15:21:51-05:00June 17th, 2022|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|
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