A Springfield man who worked as a paramedic and EMT for several emergency medical transportation companies pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to stealing fentanyl and morphine and replacing the drugs with saline solution. McCleary worked at several health care facilities as an emergency medical technician (EMT) between Sept. 25, 2015, and Feb. 21, 2018.
A Springfield man who worked as a paramedic and EMT for several emergency medical transportation companies pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to stealing fentanyl and morphine and replacing the drugs with saline solution. McCleary worked at several health care facilities as an emergency medical technician (EMT) between Sept. 25, 2015, and Feb. 21, 2018.
Former Certified Nurse Practitioner who ran psychiatric clinics in Pittsburgh Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Drug Diversion and Health Care Fraud
An LPN from Richmond, changed work places five times in a little over two years while under investigation for diversion, a complaint alleges. The Indiana Attorney General charges she was terminated from Arbor Trace nursing home in Richmond after she was suspected of diverting Percocet pain pills. She then became a charge nurse at Brookdale
Donna Helm, an LPN from New Castle, was terminated from a nursing home after declining to be interviewed about missing narcotics, after which she was terminated by another nursing home where she allegedly diverted dozens of opioid tablets from patients. Helm's employment at Stonebrooke Rehabilitation Center (formerly known as American Senior Communities) in New Castle
A registered nurse was terminated from Reading Hospital for suspected diversion of Dilaudid, a pain medication, after testing positive for Dilaudid. Subsequently, the same registered nurse faced drug charges after allegedly diverting narcotic pain medication from a second hospital, UPMC Susquehanna Muncy, court documents state. On March 31, 2018, the nurse allegedly pulled Oxycodone from
A nurse, one of three, was charged in Warren County Common Pleas Court with theft of drugs and illegal processing of drug documents. The nurses will face potential sanctions that could include the loss of their nursing licenses through the Ohio Board of Nursing. This nurse is scheduled for arraignment Dec. 7 in Warren County
A nurse was charged in Warren County Common Pleas Court with theft of drugs and illegal processing of drug documents. She will face potential sanctions that could include the loss of her nursing license through the Ohio Board of Nursing. The nurse is accused of taking patients’ painkillers and using them herself, according to Fornshell.
Mackenzie Coppock, 27, came under suspicion when hospital officials noted discrepancies in the hospital's drug inventory. Investigators said Coppock admitted taking unnamed controlled substances to “supplement a dependency.” She told investigators she'd been dealing with pain issues as the result of a car crash. Coppock was charged with two counts of obtaining prescription drugs by
A former WakeMed Hospital nurse is charged with embezzling oxycodone from the hospital from late January through the beginning of July. The nurse turned herself in Monday at the Wake County Detention Center after hospital police swore out a warrant accusing her of embezzlement of a controlled substance by an employee of a company licensed