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
Iowa nursing home employee removed Fentanyl patches from nursing home residents and diverted the medication for her own use.
An Osceola resident, was charged with three counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge and three counts of false statements related to health care matters. The indictment alleges the accused fraudulently obtained Oxycodone pills from residents at Calvin Community and Valley View Village nursing homes in Des Moines and diverted
A person is accused of making false claims for medication and services at Premier Living by Warden in Wichita between May and July, according to Sedgwick County District Court documents. Other charges allege the accused stole oxycodone and morphine while also mistreating a dependent adult by depriving that person of medications. The accused has been
The woman, identified as Christina Ann Santos, 29, is being charged with multiple felonies. She admitted to investigators she stole more than 1,600 pills of various types of painkillers from her employer, an affidavit shows. According to an arrest affidavit, Santos was a staff nurse at Healthsouth Rehabilitation Institute of San Antonio where another nurse
Pharmacy supervisor is suspected of stealing more than 24,000 painkillers and 25 vials of testosterone over five years.
Over the course of five years, two pharmacy technicians stole more than 2 million doses of prescription drugs from the hospital where they worked.
Kim Marie Lesher, a licensed practical nurse, has been sentenced to a mix of jail time, house arrest and probation for stealing patient prescription pain medications from the elderly at an area nursing home. Lesher was given a 30-month intermediate punishment sentence. The sentence requires Lesher to spend the first four months in county jail
Couple charged in theft of marijuana from lab in Framingham, MA
Michigan Anesthesiologist discovered by nurse in hospital bathroom after overdosing on stolen fentanyl.