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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Four Northeast Ohio nurses are accused of stealing prescription drugs from three Cleveland hospitals.
The nurses falsified hospital paperwork in order to make it seem they were giving the drugs to patients, court records say.
Each is charged with felony theft, deception to obtain prescription medication and drug possession. They were charged Wednesday following investigations by the Ohio Nursing Board.
Their arraignments are scheduled for next week.
Holly Metz, 25, of Cleveland is accused of stealing oxycodone from MetroHealth Medical Center between March 1 and April 30. Her nursing license is currently inactive and no longer works for the hospital.
Hospital spokeswoman Tina Arundel declined comment.
Two nurses Fairview Hospital nurses were also among those charged.
Katie Rundle, 36, of Medina stole Nubain painkillers from the hospital between Jan. 1 and July 11, investigators said. Leslie King, 31, of Rocky River is accused of stealing morphine between May 1 and June 30.
Both of their nursing licenses are inactive, state records show.
South Pointe Hospital nurse Jessica Milner, 25, is accused of stealing Lasix, a diuretic, and hydrochlorothiazide, a blood-pressure medicine, between January and July.
Milner’s nursing license remains active, according to the state records.
A message left for the Cleveland Clinic, which operates both South Pointe Hospital and Fairview Hospital were not immediately returned.
The state nursing board has not levied any discipline against any of the four.
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