2 nursing assistants face charges after allegedly tampering with patients' medications

Two women accused of taking medication from patients while each was employed at separate care facilities were arrested last week.

Two women accused of taking medication from patients while each was employed at separate care facilities were arrested last week. (Jes2ufoto, Alamy)


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ST. GEORGE — Two women accused of taking medication from patients while each was employed at separate care facilities were arrested last week.

Officers working the case of one suspect learned of a second suspect who encountered police during an exchange in the parking lot of a care facility in St. George.

The incident was initially reported on Oct. 11 when officers responded to a care facility in St. George after the staff contacted police reporting suspicious activity involving prescriptions administered to patients.

Officers learned that a staff member advised management of several abnormalities found in two of the blister packs containing medications belonging to two elderly patients.

Read the full article at St. George News.

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