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Two patients at an Ohio nursing home gained access to oxycodone pills left unlocked on a medication cart by a license practical nurse.

12,000 exposed to Hepatitis C in seven states after stealing fentanyl and refilling syringes with saline to be later injected into patients.

Charged with failure to make, keep or furnish records, furnishing false or fraudulent information, obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and misdemeanor theft. Was employed at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago from March 17, 2009, until Oct. 14, 2016, when he was fired for allegedly stealing controlled substances from the hospital, according to court

Missouri paramedic with two ambulance districts pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing painkilling drugs and replacing the vials with water.

Barbara Camillo, 39, the executive director of an assisted living facility, was arrested June 19 after she admitted to stealing Oxycodone from a patient. A patient at the East Haven Village at Mariner’s Point told her doctor she was suspicious that someone was stealing from her apartment while she was at doctor’s appointments, police said.

Surface allegedly admitted to diverting controlled substances from IU Health and St. Vincent, testing positive for amphetamines, opiates and fentanyl when required to provide a drug screen during a diversion investigation at IU Health, and appearing under the influence during a work shift at St. Vincent. Surface was charged in Marion County Superior Court with

Surface allegedly admitted to diverting controlled substances from IU Health and St. Vincent, testing positive for amphetamines, opiates and fentanyl when required to provide a drug screen during a diversion investigation at IU Health, and appearing under the influence during a work shift at St. Vincent. Surface was charged in Marion County Superior Court with

South Carolina registered nurse faces multiple charges of stealing morphine, Oxycodone, Lorazepam, Hydromorphone and Tramadol from patients.

A former nurse received probation Friday after pleading guilty to stealing a small amount of the synthetic opioid fentanyl while employed at Saint Vincent Hospital. Stephanie L. George pleaded guilty to a third-degree misdemeanor count of theft by deception and an ungraded misdemeanor count of procuring drugs by fraud. Erie County Judge John Garhart immediately

Marisha Winiarczyk, an Erie woman was sentenced to serve work release Friday for illegally writing prescriptions while working on a forged nursing license at an assisted living facility. The woman received two months of work release and four months on electronic monitoring, followed by three and a half years of probation, from Erie County Judge