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Nurse Admits To Stealing, Injecting Herself With Pain Meds From Boston Hospitals: Feds
A former nurse at a Boston-area hospital admitted in federal court this week to swiping medication meant for patients, authorities said.
Lisa Tarr, 33, of St. Petersburg, Fla., pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled substances by fraud, deception, and subterfuge at a Boston court, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.
Tarr admitted to stealing medication when she was a nursing student working at a Boston-area hospital in 2018 when she took fentanyl and injected it into her veins in 2018, the prosecutor said. She told investigators that she stole an IV…
Officers Find Drugs, Cash During Car Search At Winthrop Gas Station: Police
A search of a car landed two men in jail after police said they found drug paraphernalia, cash, and fentanyl.
Gaberial Arias, 30, of Saugus, and Patrice Debnam, 30, of Lynn, were arrested earlier this week after police went through Arias' car at a gas station on Monday, Sept. 26, Winthrop police said.
Officers had a search warrant for Arias' home and car from an ongoing investigation, and with the help of police in Everett and Saugus, they tracked down to a Gulf Gas station in Winthrop around 11 a.m., officials said. He was in Debnam's white Toyota Corolla.
Police found m…
East Longfellow Man Trafficked Enough Fentanyl To Kill 200,000 Users: Police
Police arrested an East Longfellow man recently on charges of trafficking a large amount of fentanyl and firearm violation, federal authorities said.
Carlos Gonzalez, 25, appeared for the first time in a Boston federal courtroom last month for allegedly bringing 400 grams of the synthetic opioid into Massachusetts, the Department of Justice said. For context, the DEA reports that 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be deadly depending on a person's size, weight, and tolerance, which means 200,000 people could have potentially overdosed on the haul police say Gonzales had. Investigators a…
