A Tewksbury woman pleaded guilty, Wednesday, to tampering with and diverting morphine intended for patients at the Bedford Veteran Affairs Medical Center. Kathleen Noftle, 55, was a nurse in the hospice unit. She pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product and one count of obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, [...]
A 40-year-old Hudson, N.H., woman who worked as a pharmacy technician in Nashua pleaded guilty to stealing one suboxone strip per day for about a year when she worked at the pharmacy and to giving an elderly customer the wrong medication so that she could sell their prescribed Oxycodone, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Kristina Coleman pleaded [...]
A former Eastern Health employee has been charged for stealing narcotics from Carbonear General Hospital and forging documents. Eastern Health approached RCMP in July, reporting that 51-year-old C. Hudson had allegedly stolen narcotics and altered the hospital’s records while working as a Licensed Practical Nurse. The incidents took place between September 2019 and May of [...]
A health care worker arrested last year after stealing a patient’s pills at an assisted living facility has landed back behind bars. E. K. Shearer, 30, of Weirsdale, was booked without bond Wednesday at the Sumter County Detention Center. She had been placed on three years probation after stealing Hydrocodone and Oxycodone pills from a [...]
A former nurse charged with stealing Fentanyl and hydrocodone while working at Marshfield Medical Center in Eau Claire reached a deal with prosecutors Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint: An internal investigation showed of the 142 narcotics prescriptions that K. Coffin, Menomonie, reported dispensing, 126 were inappropriate. It also showed she reported dispensing narcotics to [...]
A former nurse at a Cumberland County nursing home is facing a prison term and a $100,000 fine for allegedly stealing 16 morphine pills from one of her patients, according to U.S. Attorney David J. Freed. M. Keys is accused of taking the pills for her own use, Freed said. Keys, a licensed practical nurse, [...]
A Dighton registered nurse charged with drug tampering has pleaded guilty in federal court. Marietta Strickland, 61, admitted Friday to one count of tampering with a consumer product -- namely, oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance. While working as a registered nurse at Dighton Care and Rehabilitation Center, Strickland tampered with three blister card packages [...]
A registered nurse who worked in the Chippewa Valley has been found guilty of possessing narcotic drugs. Jessica Gums, 42, is accused of stealing prescription pain medication from area hospitals. Authorities say Gums took 500 vials of fentanyl from the Post Anesthesia Care Unit at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire. She’s also accused [...]
A Saratoga County doctor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to distributing drugs outside of his medical practice and fraudulently obtaining them from pharmacies. Scott McMahon, 52, of Queensbury, admitted in U.S. District Court that from at least December 2018 through August 2019, he provided certain patients with prescriptions for the controlled substance methylphenidate — a generic [...]
A local doctor and a clinic director have been arrested in a prescription drug fraud conspiracy. According to court documents, an investigation began on May 18, 2020, when Louisiana State Police received a complaint from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) accusing Dr. David Burkett and others of criminal activity regarding pharmaceutical diversion and Medicaid fraud. [...]