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Officials with the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office said that office is considering charges against a nurse, Samantha Moyer, after Alan King, a patient’s husband, accused Moyer of stealing medication from his wife.

Alan King, whose wife had surgery at Kettering Medical Center for a life-threatening illness, said she was in unnecessary agony in the days after that procedure because Moyer was stealing her pain medication.

King said the surgery for Patricia, his wife of 42 years, was for a liver resection. But she didn’t get any relief from the pain, he said.

He claims he got a letter six weeks later from the hospital indicating an employee, later identified by the prosecutor’s office as 29-year-old Samantha Moyer, may have stolen medicine. He claims the letter says his wife is one of five possible victims.

“They stated my wife may have been a victim; they weren’t admitting anything,” he said.

Kettering Medical Center officials, when asked how long Moyer worked there and what her job status is now, sent WHIO-TV two statements: “We do not talk about personnel matters,” and “We are aware of, and have cooperated with, the Board of Pharmacy investigation.”

WHIO-TV’s check of Moyer’s registered nursing license on the state board of nursing website shows it is currently “inactive.” A spokesperson with the prosecutor’s office emphasized to Campbell that Moyer is not currently facing any charges and a date has not been set to present the case to a grand jury.