A Boise nurse who admitted to swiping vials of the powerful pain medication fentanyl from the hospital where she worked was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation. In addition, Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge ordered Jennifer L. Fanopoulos to wear a charm bracelet with photos of her children - a constant reminder [...]
A former Buffalo area pharmacist was ordered to pay nearly $8,000 in restitution to Rite Aid and sentenced to two years probation. Patrick McQuade, of North Tonawanda, formerly worked for Rite Aid and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, according to U.S. Attorney James Kennedy. McQuade, while working at Rite Aid between 2015 and 2017, was [...]
A Canandaigua woman is accused of stealing drug prescriptions for painkillers while working at a Rochester eye doctor’s office. S. Lambert, 33, of Canandaigua, is charged with obtaining controlled substances by fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Lambert worked at Cornerstone Eye Associates from January 2018 to February 2019. During that time, she had access [...]
A Marion, Arkansas police officer accused of stealing drugs appeared before a judge for just a few minutes on Tuesday. It’s clear he’s well-versed in the legal system and staff in Marion as he shook hands with multiple attorneys and bailiffs in the courtroom. Lieutenant Freddy Williams was arrested in February. He is accused of [...]
A San Diego woman, employed at a Southern California health care company, faces multiple federal charges for using stolen prescription pads to pick up thousands of tablets of Percocet at area pharmacies, according to a complaint filed Thursday. NBC 7 has obtained court documents showing J. Watson, 34, is accused of stealing 19,430 tablets of [...]
Federal authorities filed a civil complaint Friday against a Murray doctor they say prescribes painkillers without a legitimate medical purpose that end up being sold on the street. The complaint in U.S. District court also alleges Nicholas Carl Greenwood prescribes opioids outside the usual course of professional practice. His business, Greenwood Addiction Physicians, offers treatment [...]
A Hamilton, Ohio doctor will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury convicted him of 37 charges related to illegally prescribing pain pills to patients. Dr. Saad Sakkal waved a sad goodbye to his family in the courtroom after jurors announced its verdicts on Thursday afternoon. Recent Stories from thedenverchannel.com [...]
A Hartsville woman is accused of stealing medicine from the nursing home in which she worked. K. Winburn, 41, is charged with obtaining controlled substance by fraud, forgery and deceit and neglect of a vulnerable adult after she stole medications from two residents at Morning Side assisted living facility where Winburn worked, according to Lt. [...]
A Mile Zero drugstore owner and pharmacist has been sanctioned by the College of Pharmacists of BC for taking thousands of tablets of narcotics over four years. In its ruling, the College noted the manager was involved engaged in "serious misconduct" and placed his patients at a significant risk of harm. More than 26,000 narcotic [...]
When given the choice between offering pain-stricken patients palliative care with morphine and fentanyl injections and diverting the drugs for his own illicit use, a paramedic who worked in Greene and Hawkins counties allegedly opted for personal opioid-induced numbness, according to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Tuesday. The panel indicted Nathan [...]