Iowa
Feds accuse nurse of prescription drug scheme
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Federal authorities have accused a nurse with a scheme to fraudulently obtain painkillers from her patients in eastern Iowa.
Prosecutors say 31-year-old Katie Boll, of Manchester, is charged with 13 counts of acquiring controlled substances by fraud, deception or subterfuge in 2018 and one count of tampering with a consumer product. Prosecutors say she used mouthwash to dilute liquid morphine, resulting in injury to a patient.
U.S. District Court records say Boll’s pleaded not guilty. Her trial in Cedar Rapids is scheduled to begin Sept. 16.
Authorities say Boll was a nurse for the Good Neighbor Society in Manchester when she schemed to acquire hydrocodone, morphine and other painkillers from at least 14 patients in her care.
Sadie
July 19, 2019 at 5:40 am
So what’s the problem? The patient got fresh breath and the nurse got a pick me up.