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Milwaukee CNA weakened nursing home patients' dosages to get morphine and oxycodone for sale.

Ohio Doctor Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Distribution of Opioids The owner of a Cincinnati-area medical practice pleaded guilty  for illegally distributing opioids. Raymond Noschang, M.D., 59, of Cincinnati, Ohio, pleaded guilty to eight counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone before U.S. District Judge Susan J. Dlott of the Southern District of Ohio. As part of

Marisa Generaux was fired and had her license suspended for seven months, though no sentencing took place, for her being caught on camera stealing a retirement home resident’s morphine more then once.

Jilaine P. Wirts, 58, Washington, turned herself in Monday morning warrant charging her with three felony counts of unlawful possession or use of a legend (prescription) drug. Wirts allegedly admitted she took Gabapentin for her own personal use during a six-month period, often ingesting them on her drive home from work. The case involves Wirts’

An employee at a Grand Rapids nursing facility kept more than 1,900 opioid tablets intended for clients for herself over two years, according to a state agency's investigation. The facility's clients sometimes went without pain medications as a result, according to the report. The investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Health Facility

Federal authorities have accused a northern Iowa nurse of stealing prescription drugs and violating federal patient confidentiality laws. U.S. District Court records says the 32-year-old is charged with obtaining and attempting to obtain controlled substances by fraud, deception and subterfuge; criminal violations of privacy law; and aiding and abetting. A criminal complaint says the accused

Mills pleaded guilty May 22 2018 in federal court to acquiring the drug fentanyl by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception and tampering with consumer products, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme’s office. Mills was fired from the hospital in March 2017 after a colleague discovered irregularities with the automated secure cabinet in which the hospital stores

Arkansas nurse with history of substance abuse loses license after pharmacy director found vials of Demerol that were tampered with.

A Sarnia nurse who stole fentanyl from operating rooms in the community’s hospital has been handed a conditional sentence including house arrest. In August 2017, Cartwright was a permanent part-time nurse — since his arrest placed on unpaid leave by Bluewater Health — pocketed a box of drugs from the hospital and denied knowing its

Waseem Shaheen, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the fake hold-up he orchestrated as part of a complex drug-trafficking scheme.