Nurse plans bills payoff after $50K lottery win
Lutherville, MD – A Harford County registered nurse turned a casual pastime into a $50,000 prize when her favorite scratch-off game, MONOPOLY X50, delivered one of its remaining second-tier wins. The Bel…
Boulder Health System, Physician Assistant, and Nurse Practitioner Agree to Resolve Investigation into Improper Prescribing of Opioids
DENVER –The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Boulder Community Health, a not-for-profit health system in Boulder, Colorado, Christopher Kreider (a Physician Assistant), and Bonnie Wilensky (a Nurse…
Butte nurse admits diverting drugs
MISSOULA — A Butte woman today admitted she diverted drugs while working as a nurse at a Butte hospital, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Nichole Lynn Zinda, 37, pleaded guilty to…
Berkley Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Patients’ Fentanyl
BOSTON – A Berkley nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to tampering with fentanyl intended for patients at a hospital’s post-surgery recovery unit and an outpatient vascular surgery center. …
Ukrainian nurse who lost both legs dances with new husband, vows to keep living
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko LVIV, Ukraine – Newlyweds Oksana Balandina and Viktor Vasyliv shared their first wedding dance in a hospital ward in Lviv, in western Ukraine. The groom lifted his wife up…
Missoula nurse sentenced for felony drug diversion
MISSOULA — A Missoula nurse who admitted to diverting fentanyl and hydromorphone from Community Medical Center for her own use was sentenced today to two years of probation and fined $2,000, U.S.…
HSS Appoints New Chief Nurse Executive
Internal leader rises at world leader in orthopedics and rheumatology NEW YORK, April 18, 2022 — Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the leading academic medical center specialized in musculoskeletal health, has named…
Middleburg Nurse Pleads Guilty To Tampering With Intensive Care Patients’ Medication
Jacksonville, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Monique Elizabeth Carter (35, Middleburg) today pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product, specifically, injectable fentanyl. Carter faces a maximum penalty…
Passenger sentenced for groping nurse during flight
ATLANTA – Scott Russell Granden has been sentenced to federal prison for groping and inappropriately touching a female passenger seated next to him on a flight to Atlanta. “Passengers have the right…
Council Bluffs Nurse Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining Narcotics
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Jadelyn Marie Maher, age 39, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to six months in prison for Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Fraud, Deception…
Nurse Pleads Guilty To Filing False Tax Returns
Fort Myers, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jennifer Hansen has pleaded guilty to three counts of filing false tax returns. Hansen faces a maximum penalty of three years…
Former Oregon Corrections Official Indicted for Sexually Assaulting a Dozen Female Inmates While Serving as a Nurse
PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a former Oregon Department of Corrections employee with sexually assaulting a dozen female inmates while serving as a nurse at the Coffee Creek Correctional…
Northborough Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Liquid Morphine
BOSTON – A registered nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester in connection with tampering with morphine prescribed to a nursing home resident in her care. Gwen Rider, 42, of…
Berkley Nurse Agrees to Plead Guilty to Tampering with Patients’ Fentanyl
BOSTON – A Berkley nurse was charged and agreed to plead guilty in federal court in Boston to tampering with fentanyl intended for patients at a hospital’s post-surgery recovery unit and an…
Former Contract Nurse Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Participation in a Racketeering Conspiracy at Maryland Correctional Institution Jessup
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced former Contract Nurse Joseph Nwancha, age 41, of Baltimore, yesterday to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release,…
Queens Marine Reservist, Nurse Charged for Dealing Fake COVID-19 ID Cards
QUEENS, NY – A Queens Nurse and U.S. Marine Corps Reservist Jia Liu and nurse Steven Rodriguez have been charged by the federal government for forging and selling false COVID-19 vaccination cards.…
County To Pay $370K After Trying To Force Nurse To Facilitate Abortions
Winnebago County, Illinois, must pay Sandra Rojas’ attorneys $370,000 after its health department fired her for refusing to facilitate abortions, according to the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Rojas worked as a pediatric…
Queens Marine Corps Reservist and Long Island Nurse Indicted for COVID-19 Vaccination Card Fraud Scheme
An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Jia Liu, a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, and Steven Rodriguez, a nurse at a clinic in Hempstead,…
Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Fentanyl Vials
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRYAN WILSON, 39, of Madison, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge…
Nurse who set woman on fire in North Jersey hospital found dead from self inflicted gunshot wound
WEST DEPTFORD – A contract nurse working at Hackensack University Medical Center who set a woman on fire in a hospital break room has been found dead in Camden County. Bergen County…
Former Nurse at Danville Hospital Sentenced for Tampering with Prescription Opioid Drugs, Making False Statements
DANVILLE, Va. – A former registered nurse working at Sovah Health-Danville was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for tampering with consumer products (fentanyl and hydromorphone) and making false statements.…
Sturgis Nurse Charged With Tampering With Consumer Products
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – Alison Marshall, 46, of Sturgis, Michigan, has been charged by a federal grand jury with tampering with a consumer product, United States Attorney…
Nurse stole $14,000 from 80-year-old dementia patient, Sheriff’s Office reports
POLK COUNTY, FL – On January 24, 2022, PCSO detectives arrested 56-year-old Donnitta Jean Vaughn of Kissimmee for stealing more than $14,000 from an 80-year-old Poinciana woman with dementia. Vaughn was the…
Cedar Rapids Nurse Sentenced in Drug Diversion and Tampering Scheme
A Cedar Rapids surgery center nurse, who diverted fentanyl to her own use at a local outpatient surgery center, was sentenced on January 21, 2022, to five years probation. Sabrina Thalblum, age…
Suburban Chicago Nurse Charged With Tampering With Morphine Prescribed to Patients
CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago nurse removed morphine from bottles prescribed to two patients and replaced it with another liquid, knowing the diluted substance would be dispensed to the patients, according to…
Registered Nurse Sentenced for Drug Diversion
BOSTON – A Dighton registered nurse was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for drug tampering. Marietta Strickland, 61, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 15 months…
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