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Detroit nurse sentenced to prison for stealing painkillers, replacing it with saline
A Detroit nurse received a four-year prison sentence this week after she was caught stealing painkillers at a hospital where she worked. Mary Cheatham, 42, of Ypsilanti, was caught tampering with vials and syringes containing [...]
North Iowa nurse sentenced for stealing patients’ painkillers
A Clear Lake nurse is going to federal prison for stealing fentanyl from elderly patients. Ryan William Thornton has been ordered to spend nine months behind bars and then serve one year of supervised release. [...]
Ex Hospital Respiratory Therapist Jennifer Hall Pleads Guilty in Deaths of 2 Patients
While Jennifer Hall was employed at Hedrick Medical Center, the rate of cardiac collapses rose from one per year to 18 in 18 months. A former respiratory therapist at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri, [...]
Iowa nurse, cited three times for stealing patients’ painkillers, surrenders license
An Iowa nurse accused of stealing patient painkillers on three separate occasions has agreed to surrender her license. Last October, police and paramedics were called to the Coon Rapids home of R. Landon, an Iowa-licensed [...]
FL nurse whole stole 450 vials of FENTANYL from hospital and used it on herself
A disgraced Florida nurse of nearly 30 years has been convicted of stealing hundreds of vials of fentanyl and using the drug for herself. Catherine Shannon Dunton, 54, took 450 doses of fentanyl, injected herself [...]
IL patients in pain given diluted morphine as nurse took the rest for herself
Patients in pain at an Illinois medical rehabilitation center were given diluted liquid morphine as their nurse took the rest for herself, authorities said. One patient, for example, received a shot from a morphine bottle [...]
Former MO health care worker sentenced for fentanyl thefts
A former nurse was sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison for stealing fentanyl from two hospitals where she worked. Faith Naccarato, 42, of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of [...]
Former Missoula nurse sentenced on felony diversion of drug charges
A former Missoula nurse who admitted to diverting opioid drugs while working at St. Patrick Hospital has been sentenced to three years of probation. According to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich, Caitlin Ashley Evans, 37, pleaded [...]
Nurse at TN Detention Center arrested after allegedly stealing drugs
A registered nurse is facing theft charges after allegedly being found with prescription drugs meant for the Washington County Detention Center. A release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) states that M. Martinov, 60, [...]
Ex-nurse sentenced for stealing opioids from Kansas hospital
Former nurse Alec Ramirez, 32, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and had his license revoked after he was convicted of stealing controlled substances from Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan. In [...]