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\nA Crestwood nurse anesthetist who stole pain medication from seriously ill patients has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison.<\/p>\n
\nA Crestwood nurse anesthetist who stole pain medication from seriously ill patients has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison.<\/p>\n
Matthew Ryan Elkins, 41, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to tampering with consumer products, acquiring a controlled substance through fraud and burglary involving controlled substances, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said Elkins worked as a contract nurse anesthetist at a Louisville pain treatment center, where patients with cancer, spinal injuries, brain injuries and other severe illnesses relied on implanted pain pumps after other treatments had failed.<\/p>\n
Elkins admitted stealing narcotics from prefilled syringes intended for patients about twice a week for at least three months. Investigators said he kept the drugs for his own use and refilled the syringes with sodium chloride before returning them to the clinic’s safe.<\/p>\n
Patients unknowingly received diluted medication, resulting in severe pain, sickness and withdrawal symptoms, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n
In addition to his prison sentence, Elkins was ordered to pay a $15,000 fine, serve three years of supervised release and surrender his Kentucky nursing licenses.<\/p>\n
There is no parole in the federal prison system.
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