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A Munroe Falls nurse is facing 114 criminal charges in connection with the forging of documents and the theft of prescription pain medications from the Alliance nursing home where she worked.
K. Aebersold, 32, was arrested Wednesday on felony warrants charging her with forgery, identity fraud and 28 counts each of theft of drugs, aggravated possession of drugs, illegal possession of drug documents and deception to obtain a dangerous drug, according to Alliance Municipal Court records.
On 28 occasions from Feb. 20 to April 17, 2019, Aebersold forged the initials of two co-workers while reporting that she “wasted” the prescription opioid Norco, a hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen, according to court documents.
But Aebersold was “actually stealing and abusing the prescription pain medications herself,” court documents read.
Charging documents do not identify the nursing home where Aebersold worked.
Aebersold became a licensed practical nurse in 2009, but her license expired on Oct. 31, 2018 and has not been renewed, according to a state registry. She was licensed as a registered nurse on Feb. 17, 2018, and the license expires on Oct. 31, 2019, but the state registry shows its status as “inactive.”
Aebersold appeared in court Friday and was appointed a public defender, but did not enter a plea, court records show.
Judge Andrew Zumbar continued Aebersold’s bond of $50,000. A date for her preliminary hearing has not been set, court records show.