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Nursing Home Employees In Region Stole Drugs, Falsified Records, Police Say Nursing Home Employees In Region Stole Drugs, Falsified Records, Police Say
Nursing Home Employees In Region Stole Drugs, Falsified Records, Police Say Two employees at a nursing home in the region are facing charges after allegedly stealing drugs from the facility and then falsifying business records to cover their tracks, authorities said. The thefts occurred in Columbia County at the Livingston Hills Nursing Home in Livingston, according to State Police. Investigators determined that 39-year-old Lauren Emery, of Hudson, and 47-year-old Alison Steedle, of Clinton in Oneida County, falsified and forged business records in an attempt to conceal their theft of narcotics, police said. Both women were arrested Thursday, Dec. 8, on multiple c…

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Supervisor At NY Drug Manufacturer Sentenced For Theft Of Medication Supervisor At NY Drug Manufacturer Sentenced For Theft Of Medication
Supervisor At NY Drug Manufacturer Sentenced For Theft Of Medication A former supervisor at a Long Island drug manufacturer is heading to federal prison for stealing animal medication. Gregory Settino, age 60, of Bethpage, was sentenced to a year and a day behind bars Wednesday, April 20, in federal court in Central Islip. He was also ordered to pay restitution of more than $800,000. Settino had pleaded guilty to stealing approximately $750,000 worth of the drug Adequan from his employer, American Regent, in Shirley. Adequan is an injectable drug typically given to horses and dogs to treat the degenerative effects of arthritis. Federal prosecutors alleged …

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