Drug Diversion in the News

Former Virginia Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to Prescription Fraud

2021-08-16T14:10:10-05:00August 13th, 2021|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to acquiring over 50,000 dosage units of prescription medications through fraudulent means. “Pharmacy technicians are entrusted with safeguarding and maintaining prescription medications in a responsible manner,” said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “This defendant did the opposite. He stole a large supply [...]

Former VT nurse gets probation for stealing narcotics

2021-08-16T14:08:43-05:00August 12th, 2021|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A former nurse has been placed on probation for multiple crimes, including stealing narcotics from a Barre nursing home. Sherise L. Simpson, 36, pleaded guilty Thursday in Washington County criminal court to a felony count of prescription fraud and misdemeanor counts of petty larceny, operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent and passing a bad [...]

PA nurse charged by AG in drug case

2021-08-11T14:13:28-05:00August 5th, 2021|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A local woman who was employed as a licensed practice nurse at Christ the King Manor in DuBois has been charged by the state Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office on drug-related charges. B. B. Carfley, 61, of Curwensville, was arraigned in front of District Judge James Hawkins at Magisterial Office 46-3-01 in DuBois on July [...]

Ohio nurse arrested, accused of stealing drugs, tests positive for fentanyl while working

2022-01-10T16:00:18-06:00July 26th, 2021|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A nurse at St Elizabeth Health Center was arrested and accused of stealing drugs Sunday after a supervisor told police she thought the woman was under the influence of drugs. Deanna Dumbrys, 43, of Lakewood, was arraigned Monday in municipal court on three counts of theft of dangerous drugs, a fourth degree felony. She was [...]

Mississippi nurse practitioner arrested for drug fraud

2021-07-26T15:53:24-05:00July 12th, 2021|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A nurse practitioner on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been arrested as a result of an investigation into prescription drug fraud and theft earlier this month. Following a complaint, Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Gulfport Tactical Diversion Unit, began investigating Nurse Practitioner Leslie Wilbourne, 46. At the time of [...]

Ex Mass. Nurse Tampered With, Stole Addictive Opioids From Boston Hospital For Own Use

2021-08-05T16:33:42-05:00July 1st, 2021|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A former nurse in Massachusetts will serve one year and one day in jail for stealing opioid pain medication for his own benefit at his former workplace, after diverting narcotics intended for emergency department patients in 2016, a federal court in Boston bared on Tuesday. The offender, Mark Croft, 48, of West Boylston, was also sentenced by [...]

PA nurse charged with felony, replaced oxycodone with vitamin D

2021-06-24T14:56:34-05:00June 17th, 2021|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A registered nurse working at UPMC Altoona admitted to stealing narcotics from the hospital in November and replacing the pills with vitamins, court documents stated. D. Pacifico, 39, was arraigned Thursday by Magisterial District Judge Daniel DeAntonio on a drug-related felony and two misdemeanors, according to court documents. UPMC Altoona police were alerted to suspicious [...]

Former Pennsylvania hospice nurse pleads to stealing meds

2021-06-11T12:30:38-05:00June 11th, 2021|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A former hospice nurse has pleaded guilty to charges from allegations that she filled prescriptions for patients and then stole the substances. Michele L. Wills, 56, Warren, entered the plea before Judge Gregory Hammond on Thursday. Online court records show she pleaded to charges of acquiring or obtaining possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation [...]

Indiana’s St. Joseph Hospital nurse charged in fentanyl thefts

2021-08-05T16:37:13-05:00May 23rd, 2021|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A registered nurse working at St. Joseph Hospital downtown admitted to stealing fentanyl while on shift and is facing related charges. A warrant was issued this week for M. Clem, 41, of Woodburn who was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance by subterfuge and two counts failure to make, keep or [...]

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