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. [...]
A former nurse at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System faces drug charges in the theft of opioid painkillers, federal prosecutors said. Ann Makepeace, 30, of Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood was indicted by a grand jury in Pittsburgh for violating federal narcotics laws, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said. According to the indictment returned Aug. 19 [...]
A former school nurse in Tennessee has been charged with stealing prescription medications belonging to students. A grand jury in Campbell County indicted S. Lancaster last week on six counts of obtaining drugs by fraud and five counts of theft, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. The statement said Lancaster, 56, [...]
An Indiana hospice nurse will serve time for stealing medication from patients for her personal use. Jennifer L. Daniel, 40, admitted to taking medication from patients and forging prescriptions for hydrocodone, according to the Office of the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Daniel was convicted in Floyd County for interference of medical services. She [...]
A former Baxter County jailer appeared Thursday in Baxter County Circuit Court where she admitted to stealing an inmates prescription pills, saying it was the worst mistake of her life. Tiffany Gail Johnson, 38, of Mountain Home, pled guilty to felony charges of breaking or entering, possession of a controlled substance and controlled substance fraudulent [...]
A woman arrested in Cass County for elder abuse and theft of a controlled substance is heading to prison. 39 year old Bethany S. Mellor of Rushville was sentenced to 3 ½ years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for elder abuse and neglect after pleading guilty to the Class 3 felony back in January. [...]
A woman faces multiple counts of theft of a controlled substance and related charges after arrest warrants accused her of stealing the medications while working as a registered nurse for Spartanburg Regional Health system. In total, P. Bright faces 25 charges. The warrants accuse Bright of taking out more painkillers than she administered, or more [...]
A registered nurse was arrested Wednesday in South Carolina for stealing medication from patients for his own use, according to warrants for his arrest. While working at the Lighthouse Behavioral Health Hospital at 152 Waccamaw Medical Park Dr. in Conway, South Carolina, 28-year-old K. Walton is accused of removing the contents of patient medication and [...]
A local doctor accused of operating a pill mill in the Texarkana area is scheduled for trial in January. Lonnie Joseph Parker, 55, is scheduled to face a jury Jan. 19 in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansas before U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey. Parker is set to appear for arraignment Thursday [...]
In late May, a nurse anesthetist was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for tampering with opioid analgesics intended for patients. For nearly eight months, while working in a hospital surgery and birthing center, he tampered with fentanyl so that he could use the drugs himself instead of giving patients their full doses. [...]