A nurse at a nursing home was accused of stealing nearly 2,000 pills from residents, according to published reporting.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch / STLtoday.com reported that a nurse at a nursing home was accused of stealing nearly 2,000 pills from residents.
Nearly 2,000 Pills Allegedly Stolen
The pills were described as painkillers, the report said.
Morris Denies Taking Medications
Morris denied taking the medications when questioned by investigators, according to court documents described in the report.
Other drug-diversion cases
Related cases reported elsewhere include a separate Illinois long-term-care case. The Belleville News-Democrat reported that nurse Angela Mohler pleaded guilty to five federal charges involving drugs stolen from elderly patients at metro-east nursing homes, where she worked from 2018 to 2021. A separate Missouri case involved a hospital, not a long-term-care facility. The Kansas City Star reported that a former Cape Girardeau nurse was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Pharmacy staff at a St. Louis-area hospital had flagged her in early 2020 for withdrawing two to three times more fentanyl than her peers.
