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A former nurse at Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail pleaded innocent last week to five felony counts of theft of drugs.
The trial for Megan Snyder, 32, of Nelsonville, is scheduled for April 18. She is not being held on bond.
Warden Joshua VanBibber has previously said that Snyder’s employment at the jail was terminated in October.
The case was investigated by the Athens County Sheriff’s Office.
According to a sheriff’s report, the investigation into the alleged theft of medication from the jail began after information was received while deputies were working on a case in which Snyder was the victim. Deputies were investigating a theft of money from Snyder when a man being interviewed alleged she had taken medication from the jail.
Snyder was initially charged in Athens County Municipal Court, but the case was dismissed by prosecutors who later took the case to a grand jury. She was indicted in January. According to the indictment, Snyder is accused of stealing amoxicillin, metoprolol tartrate, fluconazole tabs, doxycycline hyclate and ciprofloxacin hydrochloride in 2018.
Another jail nurse, James Gray II, 42, of Logan, had been charged in municipal court with one count of theft (of six pills). His case was also dismissed, but he has not been indicted.
Asked Monday if a decision had been made not to seek an indictment against Gray, County Assistant Prosecutor Meg Saunders replied, “No decision has been made yet.”
VanBibber said Gray’s employment was terminated last December.