A nurse in Arkansas is accused of using a dead patient’s name to get narcotics.
Authorities said Caitlin Carol Adams tried using a fake prescription to get 120 oxycodone pills at a pharmacy on Jan. 2.
Adams claimed she worked at a nursing home, and the pills were for a patient. Investigators said Adams used a credit card with her name on it to buy the narcotics.
“After looking into the prescription, an employee of the pharmacy contacted the nursing home in question, and they stated that Caitlin Adams was fired on Jan. 1,” the affidavit stated.
Police said Adams returned to the same pharmacy on Jan. 6 with another prescription for 180 oxycodone pills.
“The prescription was under a male’s name, who was later learned to have been a patient from the same nursing home that Adams previously worked,” the court documents stated. “It should be noted that the individual whose name was on this prescription had been deceased since Dec. 30, 2024.”
The pharmacy refused to fill the prescription.
According to Detective Logan Butler, Adams went to another Jonesboro pharmacy and purchased 180 oxycodone pills under the dead man’s name.
Judge Tommy Fowler found probable cause on Wednesday to charge Adams with three counts of fraud or deceit to procure a narcotic drug-forged prescription.
She is currently free on a $25,000 cash/surety bond awaiting arraignment on March 20.
According to the State Board of Nursing website, Adams’ license is under investigation.
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