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 nurse will face potential sanctions that could include the loss of her nursing license through the Ohio Board of Nursing. She is accused of taking patients’ painkillers and using them herself,
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.
her son overdosed on prescription drugs that she stole. Detectives recovered a bottle of morphine sulfate at the home, which had a torn label, according to the statement. Baker admitted to police she stole the medication from her place of employment, Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, according to the statement. The statement says the morphine was
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
12,000 exposed to Hepatitis C in seven states after stealing fentanyl and refilling syringes with saline to be later injected into patients.
Katie Christine Howard, age 31, of Des Moines, was charged with two counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge and two counts of false statements related to health care matters. The indictment alleges Howard fraudulently obtained Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills from residents at University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in