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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A nurse lost her license after she allegedly stole syringes full of drugs from a Southfield medical facility. According to the Michigan Licensing and Regulatory and Affairs, R. Holman confessed to stealing prefilled syringes of hydromorphone from Fountain View Surgery Center in Southfield and replacing them with syringes filled with ketorolac. Holman was allegedly caught [...]
Pharmacy owners, managers, and pharmacists were among those indicted in a sweeping DEA sting on “pill mill" clinics and pharmacies. The actions of 41 individuals-which also include medical providers, clinic owners, and drug dealers-resulted in the diversion of around 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills, says DEA in a statement. The DEA also served immediate [...]