Cape Cod nurse accused of stealing oxycodone pills from Boston health facility

A nurse from the Cape has been charged with falsifying biological records at an Eastie vitality facility to steal oxycodone pills according to bureaucrats Kaitlin Tipton of West Yarmouth was in recent times charged with drug larceny and drug obtained by fraud According to the Suffolk DA s office a Mass State Police trooper assigned to the Department of Populace Robustness s Drug Control Undertaking discovered that Tipton diverted more than oxycodone pills from Advocate Wellbeing Care AHC She allegedly falsified the drug book and other anatomical records AHC is a long-term care and short-term rehab facility in East Boston where Tipton worked as an LPN Investigators exposed that Tipton diverted the addictive pain med by not documenting doses removing more medication than ordered by doctors and making false entries on dates when she was not working Tipton explained police that she had a friend with back problems who turned to her for help She commented she diverted medication from the facility for her friend and disclosed she was unsure exactly how several times she did so We ll likely never know where these pills ended up but we do know that substances like oxycodone and oxycontin are huge contributors to dependency issues we see in Boston and every other district Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden stated So diversions from dispensing facilities must be taken seriously The Eastie judge circulated Tipton on personal recognizance and ordered her to stay away from the location of the offense Tipton is due back in court on Sept for a probable cause hearing