Pikeville, KY — A Salyersville, Kentucky woman, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Robert Wier following her conviction for tampering with a controlled substance. According to the plea agreement, while working as a nurse at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, 25-year-old Kelsie Spencer removed vials of butorphanol tartrate (Stadol) from the drug supply area of the hospital, for her own personal use. Spencer then injected a saline solution back into the vials, in order to conceal her criminal activity. In her plea agreement, Spencer acknowledged that she acted with reckless disregard for the risk that another person would be placed in danger of death or bodily injury, if health care personnel had attempted to utilize these altered drugs on a patient that needed them. Spencer pleaded guilty in July 2019. Under federal law, Spencer must serve 85 percent of her prison sentence and will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for three years.
Magoffin County Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Hospital Medication
Article Updated: October 31, 2019
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