A Canastota woman faces numerous charges after police said she stole drugs from the Kinney Drugs pharmacy in Cazenovia, where she was employed. S. J. Snyder, 32, of Canastota faces several counts of petit larceny and several counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and a felony charge of first-degree falsifying business records [...]
A licensed pharmacy technician was arrested on the job Thursday afternoon in the metro Jackson area. According to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, 30-year-old J. L. Meredith of Florence faces a charge of obtaining the controlled substance phentermine 37.5 mg by embezzlement. In conjunction with Meredith’s arrest, agents seized a handgun and a small quantity of [...]
Florida nurse stole more than 10K painkiller tablets from rehab center, deputies say A Florida nurse was arrested Wednesday and charged with stealing more than 10,000 painkillers from the rehabilitation center where she worked, The Tampa Bay Times reported. Ashley Kristian Taylor, 33, was charged with 12 counts of possession of a controlled substance, plus counts [...]
A former registered nurse at Blount Memorial Hospital falsified records, stole controlled substances and was intoxicated while on duty, according to public records from the Tennessee Department of Health. The allegations are detailed in an order of summary suspension from the Tennessee Board of Nursing, available on the Department of Health’s website. The board suspended [...]
× Nursing home employee charge with theft of fentanyl patches LINCOLN COUNTY, MO – 27-year-old Deborah Smith of Moscow Mills, MO has been charged with stealing of a control substance and possession of a controlled substance in Lincoln County. The charges stem from a complaint filed by the director of the Troy Manor Nursing Home. Investigators [...]
A southern Missouri paramedic has pleaded guilty to stealing opioids and filling the empty vials with saline solution. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 30-year-old Zachary McCleary pleaded guilty Monday to tampering with a consumer product. Prosecutors say 18 patients in Barton County alone reported getting salt water instead of painkillers because of McCleary's actions. The [...]
27-year-old Deborah Smith of Moscow Mills, MO has been charged with stealing of a control substance and possession of a controlled substance in Lincoln County. The charges stem from a complaint filed by the director of the Troy Manor Nursing Home. Investigators from the Lincoln County Narcotics Unit went to Ms. Smith’s home and asked [...]
A licensed practical nurse in Saskatoon is facing a disciplinary hearing later this year for professional misconduct. Natasha Janzen is accused of stealing 18 vials of the deadly, synthetic opioid sufentanil from a patient in 2017, failing to do proper paperwork and failing to "develop and maintain an appropriate relationship" with the patient. Sufentanil is a drug used for pain [...]
A local pharmacy technician is behind bars for allegedly stealing narcotics from the pharmacy chain where she worked at. The investigation involved the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team and began in late June. Authorities learned that a pharmacy tech was possibly stealing opiate-based pain medications such [...]
A former paramedic faces several charges after police say he stole drugs from ambulances and fire trucks in five Indiana counties. J. Howard, 41, was arrested Monday at his Fishers home on felony drug possession charges and misdemeanor theft charges. He was booked into the Hancock County Jail. Indiana State Police (ISP) investigators say Howard [...]