A former staff pharmacist at a retail pharmacy in Texarkana, Arkansas, stole narcotics from the pharmacy over roughly a year, from April 2023 to April 2024. Federal court records list 1,500 methadone pills, 300 Xanax, 200 MS Contin, 300 Dilaudid and 1,200 oxycodone, in addition to other controlled substances.
To hide the thefts, the pharmacist used the login password of the pharmacist-in-charge to alter pharmacy records. Court records state the drugs were allegedly for the pharmacist's own personal use over a long period.
The pharmacist pleaded guilty before a U.S. District Judge in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansas to altering records to conceal the thefts. The judge released the pharmacist on an unsecured appearance bond pending sentencing, at which the offense carries up to four years in federal prison, a fine, or both.
Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy records show the pharmacist's license is suspended.