Nurse Pleads Guilty, Stealing Meds from Senior Living Patients

Licensed Practical Nurse Alan Matthew Kenney, 46, entered a guilty plea on October 30, 2019 for charges related to stealing prescription medications from residents of an assisted living facility, where he was employed.

Kenney was arrested in April 2018, after a Woodstock Police officer pulled over his vehicle for an expired registration. During the traffic stop, the officer noticed suspicious prescription medications. Cherokee MultiAgency Narcotics Task Force then took over the investigation and found a variety of prescription medications in the vehicle, including drugs to treat blood pressure, cholesterol, dementia, heart conditions, and
Parkinson’s disease, in addition to fentanyl patches and other opioids.

Officers determined that Kenney had stolen the prescriptions from elderly residents living at the assisted living facility.

During the plea hearing in October 2019, the defendant pled guilty to 4 counts of exploitation and intimidation of a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; 5 counts of possession of a controlled substance; and 5 counts of fraud or theft in obtaining a controlled substance. Senior Judge Frank C. Mills III sentenced the defendant to 15 years, with the first year to be served in confinement and the remainder on probation. Special
conditions of probation include 120 hours of community service. While on probation, Kenney is also forbidden from possessing firearms, working in the medical field, and having any medication not prescribed to himself. He must provide a copy of this conviction to the nursing board and medical providers.