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Former Virginia Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to Prescription Fraud
A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to acquiring over 50,000 dosage units of prescription medications through fraudulent means. “Pharmacy technicians are entrusted with safeguarding and maintaining prescription medications in a responsible manner,” said Raj [...]
Former VT nurse gets probation for stealing narcotics
A former nurse has been placed on probation for multiple crimes, including stealing narcotics from a Barre nursing home. Sherise L. Simpson, 36, pleaded guilty Thursday in Washington County criminal court to a felony count [...]
PA nurse accused of stealing prescription meds from patients
A nurse working at a county nursing home has been accused of raiding the medicine cabinet. State police have filed 72 charges against K. L. Hemby, 46, of Ellwood City, who is accused of stealing [...]
PA nurse charged by AG in drug case
A local woman who was employed as a licensed practice nurse at Christ the King Manor in DuBois has been charged by the state Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office on drug-related charges. B. B. Carfley, [...]
Ohio nurse arrested, accused of stealing drugs, tests positive for fentanyl while working
A nurse at St Elizabeth Health Center was arrested and accused of stealing drugs Sunday after a supervisor told police she thought the woman was under the influence of drugs. Deanna Dumbrys, 43, of Lakewood, [...]
Mississippi nurse practitioner arrested for drug fraud
A nurse practitioner on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been arrested as a result of an investigation into prescription drug fraud and theft earlier this month. Following a complaint, Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, [...]
Ex Mass. Nurse Tampered With, Stole Addictive Opioids From Boston Hospital For Own Use
A former nurse in Massachusetts will serve one year and one day in jail for stealing opioid pain medication for his own benefit at his former workplace, after diverting narcotics intended for emergency department patients in 2016, [...]
PA nurse charged with felony, replaced oxycodone with vitamin D
A registered nurse working at UPMC Altoona admitted to stealing narcotics from the hospital in November and replacing the pills with vitamins, court documents stated. D. Pacifico, 39, was arraigned Thursday by Magisterial District Judge [...]
Former Pennsylvania hospice nurse pleads to stealing meds
A former hospice nurse has pleaded guilty to charges from allegations that she filled prescriptions for patients and then stole the substances. Michele L. Wills, 56, Warren, entered the plea before Judge Gregory Hammond on [...]
Indiana’s St. Joseph Hospital nurse charged in fentanyl thefts
A registered nurse working at St. Joseph Hospital downtown admitted to stealing fentanyl while on shift and is facing related charges. A warrant was issued this week for M. Clem, 41, of Woodburn who was [...]