A chief in charge of emergency medical services at the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District was charged Thursday with crimes including embezzlement after he was caught stealing narcotics from the agency, officials said.Martinez police arrested Richard Stephenson, 50, on Sunday when investigators determined he had stolen drugs, including the powerful opiate Fentanyl, to support [...]
A Tallahassee pharmacy technician is behind bars after police say he admitted to stealing a large amount of Xanax from his job to "self-medicate" his stress. According to court documents, Tallahassee police responded to the CVS on Apalachee regarding a theft on Oct. 25. When officers arrived on the scene, they were told that an [...]
An employee at a Grand Rapids nursing facility kept more than 1,900 opioid tablets intended for clients for herself over two years, according to a state agency's investigation. The facility's clients sometimes went without pain medications as a result, according to the report. The investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Health Facility [...]
A Parker nurse has pled guilty to stealing drugs from the Lone Tree endoscopy clinic where she worked, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver. Prosecutors said Mary Panza, also known as Mary Bowers, pled guilty Tuesday to obtaining a controlled substance by deceit. According to prosecutors, on August 3, Panza was found unconscious [...]
A pharmacist who stole IV bags containing a powerful opioid from the hospital where he worked has been ordered to serve time in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington on Tuesday, Dec. 18, sentenced Joey R. DeGrand, 36, to a year and a day in prison. The judge did not immediately order DeGrand [...]
S. Moyer, 29, is facing two counts of tampering with drugs and five counts of theft of drugs, according to Montgomery County court documents. She was released on her own recognizance. The charges stem from activities between April and September 2017. A State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy investigation alleged that Moyer stole pain medication [...]
E. L. Tombre, 46, is out on bond pending his sentencing in April. The registered nurse worked at Denver VA Medical Center. A system audit last year revealed “unusual and unaccounted for controlled substance withdrawals” during the nurse’s shifts. He faces four years in prison and a fine up to $250,000. In one instance, the [...]
Emory University Hospital Midtown faces sanctions after investigators uncovered a criminal scheme in which employees used its pharmacy to order more than a million doses of addictive prescription drugs for illegal use. For five years, two pharmacy technicians secretly ordered controlled substances from Emory Midtown's wholesaler and sent the hospital the bills. The drugs included [...]
A Shasta County jury convicted Tuesday a 27-year-old woman, who worked as a pharmacy technician in Redding, of one felony count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. The jury also found her guilty of misdemeanor embezzlement. Stephanie Rae Heathcote, who is to be sentenced Jan. 10, was a pharmacy technician at Rite Aid on Eureka [...]
A 37-year-old former pharmacy technician at the University of Kansas Hospital was placed on probation for stealing drugs from the hospital. Federal prosecutors say Heydon White, of Stillwell, admitted that he stole the painkiller fentanyl from cabinets at the hospital. He was responsible for stocking the computerized cabinets and removing expired medication for disposal. Prosecutors [...]