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Missouri nurse fired after stealing fentanyl gets new nursing job, then steals more
A nurse was fired from a Missouri hospital after she was caught stealing fentanyl meant for patients, then she found a new nursing job and stole more of the drug, according to federal authorities. Now [...]
Former Nurse Indicted for Drug Diversion from Boston Hospital
A former nurse has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital. Andrea Falzano, 38, of Winchester, was indicted on three counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled [...]
Morphine-Siphoning Nurse Gets Jail For Stealing Drug From Mass. Dementia Patients
A judge sentenced a 43-year-old Northborough nurse who admitted to siphoning morphine from a dementia patient who she cared for at a nursing home will spend more than four years in prison, federal authorities said. [...]
Cedar Rapids nurse gets 5 years for stealing narcotics from 3 area hospitals
A Cedar Rapids nurse who diverted narcotics to her own use at four major Eastern Iowa health care providers, including three hospitals, in less than two years, was sentenced today to five years in federal [...]
FL Nurse Accused Of Stealing Liquid Fentanyl For Surgery
Miami, Dec 16 A nurse in South Florida (USA) could face up to 10 years in prison for siphoning liquid fentanyl from surgical lines, which she refilled with saline solution and returned to an adulterated [...]
Tennessee revokes license of travel nurse who Ballad says stole drugs
A Kentucky nurse [Jacqueline Brewster] facing criminal charges in Washington County for allegedly stealing narcotics while she was a travel employee at Johnson City Medical Center (JCMC) in 2021 has had her license to practice [...]
Former Mount Nittany Medical Center PA Nurse Accused of Diverting, Using Morphine
State prosecutors on Tuesday accused a now former Mount Nittany Medical Center nurse of using subterfuge and falsifying records to acquire morphine that she never administered to patients but rather kept for herself. According to [...]
Sentence given to a Denver nurse after pleading guilty to stealing Fentanyl from hospital patients
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Alejandro Gort, a 39-year-old from Denver, was sentenced to five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud [...]
Nurse at Missouri hospital pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining fentanyl for personal use
A nurse at a Missouri, hospital pleaded guilty to a federal felony and admitted fraudulently obtaining fentanyl for her own personal use. Lindsay J. Maupin, 31, of Cape Girardeau, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. [...]
North Carolina nurse accused of killing patients with fatal insulin doses, officials say
Officials in North Carolina announced first degree murder charges against a registered nurse accused of administering lethal doses of insulin to two patients. J. Hayes, 47, was arrested on two counts of murder and one [...]