Former Mitchell Community Schools nurse Carol Sanders pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft and neglect of a dependent charges as part of a negotiated plea agreement. Carol Sanders was arrested on March 12th on felony charges of official misconduct and neglect of a dependent and five misdemeanor counts of neglect of a dependent. Sanders pleaded guilty [...]
A Seaford nurse was arrested late last month in conjunction with a scheme that was meant to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of more than $800 million. Kevin McMahon, 31, a registered nurse pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing the synthetic opioid fentanyl from the Nassau University Medical Center. McMahon’s actions were part of a [...]
The former chief pharmacist at the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home in Erie will not spend any time behind bars for unlawfully taking more than 12,000 doses of controlled substances from the facility. James F. Franks, of Union City, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to two years probation. He must also pay $15,308.75 in restitution for [...]
A Cobb County middle school nurse arrested last month for allegedly stealing hundreds of prescription pills from students has been fired, the district confirmed Thursday. But one parent is still pushing for additional charges because he says L. Waggoner gave his 12-year-old son medication he wasn’t prescribed. The 38-year-old nurse at Barber Middle School in [...]
A registered nurse is facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing prescription medication from her the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, according to court records. K. Travis has been charged with six counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit, failure to make keep or furnish records, furnishing false or fraudulent information and theft. [...]
A federal judge ruled last week that a former Manchester nurse will remain in jail pending sentencing because she had violated pretrial release while awaiting trial for stealing hydrocodone and morphine pills from nursing home patients. Katie Louise Boll, 31, pleaded guilty last month in U.S. District Court to one count of acquiring controlled substances [...]
The state has suspended a registered nurse for stealing more than 100 prescription painkillers and other drugs from a Syracuse nursing home. It’s the second time the state has disciplined Michelle Pat Scanlan, of Camillus, over drugs. Scanlan admitted in a signed state Education Department consent agreement she stole 93 tablets of oxycodone, 17 fentanyl [...]
A medical employee accused of stealing a doctor's script pad has been arrested on charges of prescription fraud. According to a post on the Jourdanton Police Department's Facebook page, A. Rosas Alvarez was working as a medical office specialist when she reportedly took the pad and used patient information to obtain the drug Tramadol. Investigators [...]
A West Mifflin pharmacy alleges a former pharmacy technician and her boyfriend ordered and stole more than $500,000 in quantities of a controlled substance. Johnson's Pharmaceutical Services Inc. filed the suit against the R. Schleehauf and D. Wislick on Sept. 3 in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas alleging conversion. Johnson's Pharmaceutical's complaint states [...]
An Oklahoma City doctor who practiced medicine in Warr Acres has been indicted with dispensing opioids illegally. According to the indictment, 62-year-old D. Quy saw patients at Family Medicine Center in Warr Acres, but spent years writing illegal prescriptions so he could obtain schedule II opioids. From November 2014 until May 8, 2019, he allegedly [...]