Drug Diversion in the News

Former employee gets probation for stealing 650 pills from SC Walgreens

2021-08-25T14:04:56-05:00November 7th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A woman received probation but has a chance for no record of a conviction after she admitted stealing medication from the Mattoon Walgreens store while employed there. Chelsea M. Brettin, 29, for whom court records show a Charleston address, pleaded guilty to a theft charge that accused her of stealing anxiety medication from the store [...]

Ex-nursing director at Grand Rapids, MN facility faces felony charges over missing narcotics

2021-08-25T14:01:50-05:00November 7th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

K. Korpi, 46, of Goodland, Minn., appeared in District Court on Monday, Itasca County Attorney Matti R. Adam said in a news release. Korpi faces seven counts of felony theft of a controlled substance and one gross misdemeanor count of mistreatment of a resident or patient. Korpi served as director of nursing of Majestic Pines [...]

Former MI pharmacy employee admits to stealing generic form of Xanax

2021-08-25T13:58:38-05:00November 7th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A former Meijer employee pleaded guilty to a drug-possession charge in connection with stealing more than 2,000 prescription pills from the Warren’s store’s pharmacy. Brahndi Miller, 26, of Detroit, entered the plea to a charge of possession of analogues Oct. 28 in front of Judge Diane Druzinski in Macomb County Circuit Court and is scheduled [...]

Greenville, MI nurse fired, charged with stealing fentanyl from pain clinic

2021-08-25T14:07:53-05:00November 6th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A Greenville nurse was fired and was charged with multiple crimes after admitting to stealing liquid fentanyl from her employer. T. Larsen, 38, was a registered nurse who worked at Michigan Pain Consultants’ Greenville Pain Management Center in Greenville. According to the administrative complaint from the Michigan Department of Licensing & Regulatory affairs (LARA), on [...]

PA Nurse Facing Felony Charges for Allegedly Stealing Drugs While Working at PH DuBois

2021-08-25T14:13:47-05:00November 4th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Felony charges have been filed against a Penfield nurse accused of stealing drugs while working at Penn Highlands DuBois. K. Rucinksi, 24, was charged Oct. 28 by an agent of the attorney general’s office with two felony counts of acquiring or obtaining possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, two misdemeanor counts of furnishing false/fraudulent [...]

Magoffin County Nurse Sentenced to 24 Months for Tampering with Hospital Medication

2021-02-10T17:24:56-06:00November 2nd, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

PIKEVILLE A Salyersville woman was sentenced to 24 months in a federal prison on Tuesday following her conviction for tampering with a controlled substance. Kelsie Spencer, 25, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Robert Wier, according to a press release sent by Gabrielle Dudgeon, the public affairs specialist [...]

Billings Nurse Gets Probationary Sentence for Stealing Hydrocodone

2021-08-17T16:11:39-05:00October 30th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A Billings nurse has been sentenced to four years on federal probation for stealing a hospitalized patient's pain medication. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen sentenced 61-year-old Sheila Marie White on Tuesday for tampering with consumer products. Prosecutors say while working at St. Vincent Healthcare in December 2018 she took a patient's hydrocodone and gave the [...]

School nurse under scrutiny for mishandling student meds previously investigated

2021-02-10T17:44:18-06:00October 29th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

The former school nurse of Kingston Intermediate School will be asked to turn in her license, pending the conclusion of an investigation by the state's Board of Registration in Nursing. Earlier this month, the Board recommended that nurse M. Provenzano's license be suspended for an "indefinite period with reinstatement requirements," following two complaints by parents [...]

NY paramedic accused of stealing drugs from drop box pleads guilty

2021-02-11T17:07:19-06:00October 25th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A former Town of Tonawanda paramedic accused of taking medication from the drug deposit container at Police Headquarters has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. Jeremy Pecoraro, 40, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Grand Island Town Court to attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance, the Erie County District Attorney's Office reported. The Town of Tonawanda [...]

Kansas pharmacist sentenced to 12 ½ years in opioid conspiracy

2021-02-11T17:05:26-06:00October 25th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A Wichita pharmacist has been sentenced to 12 ½ years in federal prison for filling thousands of prescriptions for opioids to patients of a doctor who is serving a life sentence in the scheme. The Wichita Eagle reports that 47-year-old Ebube Otuonye, of Bel Aire, was sentenced Wednesday for unlawfully dispensing opioids and health care fraud. Otuonye [...]

Go to Top