Drug Diversion in the News

Former hospital employee accused of gaming drug dispensing systems

2021-02-11T18:28:31-06:00September 19th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

According to documents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, more than 13,000 controlled substance pills disappeared from Sovah Health-Danville over two years beginning in 2017. Federal authorities have since accused a former hospital pharmacy technician with using a loophole in the hospital’s electronic dispensing system to pilfer the medication. P. Toller, of Chatham, is charged with [...]

Okotoks pharmacist loses licence after stealing 33,000 narcotic pills

2021-02-11T18:26:13-06:00September 19th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Leanne Rogalsky ordered to pay costs of hearing plus $40,000 fine A pharmacist who was convicted earlier this year of stealing more than 33,000 narcotics pills from the Safeway pharmacy in Okotoks, Alta., has been stripped of her practice permit by the professional licensing body. Okotoks RCMP laid the charges in December 2017 against Leanne [...]

Denver nurse who stole opioids gets 2 years in prison

2021-02-11T18:29:52-06:00September 18th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A former nurse was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison for allegedly stealing opioids from the University of Colorado Hospital, injecting herself with the drugs and then replacing the empty vials with other substances, authorities said. Kacye Unruh entered a plea agreement on charges of stealing opioids by deceit and tampering with a [...]

Germantown nurse’s license suspended for allegedly stealing pain medicatio

2021-02-11T18:33:22-06:00September 16th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A former Germantown nurse’s license was suspended by the Tennessee Board of Nursing last month after the board alleged she stole pain medications under the guise of giving them to patients. A consent order approved by the Board of Nursing on August 27 details the allegations against S. Delikat, who worked at Methodist Le Bonheur [...]

Concord Pharmacy Worker Pleads Guilty To Stealing, Selling Opioids

2021-02-11T18:37:06-06:00September 16th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office says an ex-pharmacy worker in Concord will spend at least five years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing opioids from her job then selling them. Jeanna Sechrest Wilson, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzlement of a controlled substance by an employee, two counts of trafficking in opium [...]

Prosecutors: Georgia paramedic stole morphine meant for patients

2021-02-11T18:36:07-06:00September 16th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A Georgia paramedic is accused of stealing morphine, replacing it with another liquid and then re-attaching the cap with super glue. Prosecutors say M. Hambrick knew the vial he left behind would be intended for critically injured patients who are in need of the pain medication. A newly filed indictment says Hambrick was a supervisory [...]

Former CVS Employee Accused Of Stealing, Reselling Prescription Pills On Long Island

2021-02-11T18:52:06-06:00September 14th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

Officials say a woman who used to work at a CVS Pharmacy on Long Island stole prescription pills and resold them. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office says 26-year-old A. Maltese worked at the CVS on Old County Road in Riverhead. According to officials, Maltese and her boyfriend, 28-year-old Tijay Clairborne, allegedly took hydrocodone and [...]

Police: Former Walgreens technician pocketed more than $16K worth of pills from customers’ prescriptions, shipments

2021-02-11T18:53:37-06:00September 13th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A former pharmacy technician at a Tallahassee Walgreens has been arrested after being accused of stealing more than $16,000 worth of various medications over the course of a year. A. Silva, 44, was arrested on Wednesday after evading arrest on grand theft warrant for nearly a year. According to a probable cause affidavit, the Tallahassee [...]

Physician in Berks County accused of over-prescribing opioids

2021-02-11T18:56:25-06:00September 12th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A physician is accused of over-prescribing opioids. Dr. R. Schorschinsky, 61, faces 20 counts of prescribing controlled substances outside accepted treatment principles and three counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud or subterfuge, court documents show. An investigation into the alleged over-prescribing began in late 2017 by Berks County detectives with the assistance of the [...]

Technician stole over 3,000 pills from Waynesboro pharmacy

2021-02-11T19:01:22-06:00September 11th, 2019|Categories: Drug Diversion in the News|

A Waynesboro woman faces 89 counts - 65 of which are felonies - after police say she stole over 3,000 pills of Schedule II opioid narcotics from the pharmacy where she was employed. S. Shaffer, 38, worked as a pharmacy technician at Savage Family Pharmacy in Waynesboro, but was terminated in May after her employer, Rodger [...]

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