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Indiana prosecutors filed criminal charges against a Mitchell Community Schools nurse for stealing students’ medication and ingesting it herself.

Carol Sanders is charged with felony official misconduct, felony neglect of a dependent, and five counts of misdemeanor theft.

Police arrested Sanders Thursday and she was booked into the Lawrence County Jail.

A staff member at Burris Elementary launched an investigation earlier this month after medication belonging to students went missing.

Sanders admitted to stealing amphetamines, Ritalin, Zyrtec and other medications from students at Burris Elementary and Hatfield Elementary.

The school nurse also admitted to replacing some of the students’ medications with baby aspirin.

Sanders said she stole the medications between February 25 and March 7 of 2019, court records show.

“Carol stated she stole the medication because she is an addict,” read the probable cause affidavit. “Carol admitted to needing help with her addiction.”

Sanders also admitted that this is not the first time she’s been terminated from a nursing job for stealing and ingesting medication.