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 [...]
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 [...]
A six-month investigation into narcotics diversion and mail theft culminated in the arrests of two local men on felony drug charges. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General (VA OIG), Texas DPS, Ingram Police Department, Kerrville Police Department, VA Police, Kerr County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Narcotics Investigators, assisted by [...]
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Kesler Dalmacy, a medical doctor, pleaded guilty to illegal distribution of controlled substances. Dalmacy, who operated his medical practice out of an office in East Flatbush, prescribed narcotics to patients outside the course of his professional practice that lacked a legitimate medical purpose in exchange for cash payments. [...]
A family medicine physician in Bluefield, Va., has been sentenced to one month in prison on a charge of misbranding Schedule II controlled substances to three individuals, two of whom his office staff called “back door patients.” According to court documents with the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia, between December 2014 and [...]
On Saturday, Edmonson County deputies responded to Genesis Healthcare in Brownsville after reports of a possible intoxicated employee. The employee was identified as M. Howard, 48, of Scottsville, according to a release from the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office. Howard is a licensed practical nurse at Genesis Healthcare. According to the Edmonson County Sheriff’s office, nurses [...]
A New York doctor was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for distributing opioids without a legitimate medical reason and soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioid prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Joseph Santiamo, 65, of Staten Island, New York, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge [...]
A Warren County nurse was indicted Monday for stealing drugs from patients while working at the Lindner Center of HOPE in Mason, according to documents provided by Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said. The documents state that S. R. Tedesco, 57, stole medications, tampered with evidence and records while working as a nurse in Dec. [...]
An Oak Grove nurse faces charges in connection with stealing prescription narcotics prescribed to his patients. The following information comes from the request for warrant for his arrested filed by the Louisiana State Police. M. B. Boals, 43, was arrested Monday and charged with 10 counts of possession of a controlled substance, 10 counts of theft, [...]
An anesthesiologist has been accused of falsifying patient records at Buffalo General Medical Center in order to obtain the powerful opioid fentanyl, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office. Dr. John R. LoFaso, 34, was arraigned Tuesday morning in Buffalo City Court on a felony charge of falsifying business records, as well as two [...]