State Police have charged a CVS pharmacy technician with stealing more than $9,000 worth of drugs from the Pembroke store during a three-year period.
Cheryl L. Pascarelli, 45, of 10 Lydon Lane, Halifax, pleaded innocent to larceny of drugs on Wednesday in Plymouth District Court.
Police said Pascarelli stole Vicodin, Valium, Suboxone, antibiotics and antiviral medications and sold them to help pay her bills. A CVS loss-control agent discovered Read the rest of this entry »

SANFORD, Fla. – A woman accused of stealing a baby from a Sanford hospital pleaded guilty on Tuesday.
Jennifer Latham was accused of taking a newborn baby from Central Florida Regional Hospital last March. In April, Latham pleaded not guilty to kidnapping, attempted kidnapping and burglary, but reversed those pleas Tuesday.
Testimony was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, but Latham surprised the court by pleading guilty to all counts.
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Cobb County police are on the lookout for a suspect believed to be responsible for a dozen thefts at the L.A. Fitness at 2995 Cobb Parkway near Akers Mill Road. The male suspect has stolen credit cards from locker break-ins, and is using the cards to buy high-end electronic merchandise, according to Cobb police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce.
“You think your things are secure, but it’s not safe,” said J’on Simpson, who is a member Read the rest of this entry »

LEBANON, Ohio – A nurse at a retirement community was sentenced Tuesday on convictions for stealing drugs from her patients.
Roxie Luff, 22, pleaded guilty to five separate drug-related offenses after prosecutors said she stole medication from residents at The Otterbein Home in Lebanon.
A judge placed Luff under five years of community control, and she was also fined and prohibited from working as a nurse for three years.
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A former Fallowfield Township police officer is in jail today after he was formally charged Tuesday with stealing drugs from a case he investigated.
Allen E. Pettit, 46, of 824 Maple St., Harwick, was charged with theft by unlawful taking or disposition, perjury, hindering apprehension or prosecution, tampering with or fabricating evidence and obstructing the law.
The case against Pettit stems from 2006, when he arrested Charles Paith, 26, of Read the rest of this entry »

She’s a pharmacy clerk responsible for putting your prescriptions together. Now, a Fort Pierce woman is behind bars accused of stealing thousands of pills and selling them on the street.
Emily Humphrey worked at Ocean Side Pharmacy. She was a pharmacy clerk responsible for taking inventory. 21 year-old Humphrey was booked in the St. Lucie County jail this weekend after selling undercover deputies 2,000 oxycodone pills. She charged the deputy $1 Read the rest of this entry »

A school principal in Fremont is facing a felony charge, and he's accused of stealing from students. This has all taken place at Stamm Elementary on Miller St.
It began in September of last year when Fremont police began receiving reports from Stamm Elementary involving prescription drugs belonging to students being taken.
The case took a dramatic turn on Thursday, February 12 when police arrested the principal, 43-year-old Timothy Wilhelm.
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The principal of a Fremont city school was arrested for allegedly stealing drugs.
The principal of a Fremont city school was arrested for allegedly stealing drugs. Police arrested Timothy Wilhelm, the principal of Stamm elementary school in the Fremont city school district. Police say Wilhelm was allegedly taking prescription drugs from students at the school, dating back to September of 2008.
At this point, the police, Ottawa County drug task Read the rest of this entry »

Pharmacist Charged With Stealing, Dealing Drugs
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STNG) ―
A west suburban pharmacist turned himself in to police Monday after being charged with illegally possessing and delivering prescription drugs originally sold legally to the pharmacy where he worked.
Mark L. Burger, 41, of the 1400 block of Melbourne Street in Elburn, was indicted Friday by a Kane County grand jury on three counts of unlawful possession of a controlled Read the rest of this entry »

A former Galesburg Police Department lieutenant will spend the next 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to stealing drugs from the department’s evidence locker.
David W. Hendricks, 50, pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to one count of possession of a controlled substance and official misconduct.
In imposing the sentence Thursday in Knox County Circuit Court, Judge Steven Bordner said Hendricks tarnished the reputation of the Police Department and brought Read the rest of this entry »