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Ex-Dedham Nurse Stole Patients' Painkillers, Refilled Syringes With Saline: Feds Ex-Dedham Nurse Stole Patients' Painkillers, Refilled Syringes With Saline: Feds
Ex-Dedham Nurse Stole Patients' Painkillers, Refilled Syringes With Saline: Feds A former nurse at a Dedham rehabilitation center has pleaded guilty to tampering with liquid oxycodone syringes. Jaclyn McQueen, 44, of Dedham, pleaded guilty on Jan. 5 to one count of tampering with a consumer product, the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said. She worked as a registered nurse at the center, where she allegedly took liquid oxycodone from syringes meant for patients between February and May 2020. McQueen would use the oxycodone herself and refill the syringes with saline before putting them back on the medication carts where they were given to patients, accord…
Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized
Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized Nearly 35 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine-laced fake Adderall and Xanax pills were found during a state police bust of a drug lab in Whitman. Andrew Billings, 39, of Plymouth, was arrested on Dec. 21, 2023, at his workplace, while the makeshift lab and his SUV on Essex Street in Whitman were searched by state police. Troopers found large amounts of white powder, thousands of counterfeit prescription pills, a pharmaceutical-grade pill press, and related drug paraphernalia, police said. “The property was so badly contaminated with strewn drug material, that Troopers evacuated the addr…
Maine Man Stashes Slew Of Drugs At Tewksbury Hotel: Police Maine Man Stashes Slew Of Drugs At Tewksbury Hotel: Police
Maine Man Stashes Slew Of Drugs At Tewksbury Hotel: Police A man from Maine checked himself in to a Tewksbury hotel but police checked him out after learning that he had an active arrest warrant and hundreds of grams of drugs, officials say. A well-being check requested for 34-year-old Danny Taylor at the Residences at Tewksbury, an extended stay hotel located at 20 International Place, found the man safely in his room but with a stash of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine, and brass knuckles, according to the Tewksbury police.  Police found Taylor, of Sanford, Maine, and his stash at around 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7. In addition…