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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 [...]
CA pharmacist convicted of health care fraud, black market diversion scheme
A Calabasas pharmacist was convicted on Friday for health care fraud and a prescription drug diversion scheme involving two Southern California pharmacies, announced the U.S. Department of Justice in a press release. According to court [...]
Butte nurse sentenced for stealing opiates from multiple medical centers
A Butte nurse who admitted to stealing opiates while working at area medical centers was sentenced last week to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, [...]
Former MA nurse pleads guilty in federal court to diverting opioids after admitting to stealing and self-injected fentanyl
A former nurse pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to diverting opioids from two Massachusetts hospitals. 33-year-old Lisa Tarr, of St. Petersburg, Fla., pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled substances [...]
Former Hilo nurse charged with theft of fentanyl, other drug offenses
A former Hilo Medical Center nurse was arrested and charged on suspicion of prescription drug theft and felony drug possession offenses, including fentanyl, according to the Hawaii Prosecuting Attorney’s office. Officials reported that A. Kawamura, [...]