What Happened
Pharmacy technician Alyssa R. McDowell, 34, was charged by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office with allegedly ordering extra bottles of controlled substances and altering paperwork to divert 89,670 pills; she was arraigned and bail was set at $100,000 unsecured.
Reported status: Charged (2026); charges are allegations, no conviction reported in the source.
This entry records a charge or arrest. A charge is an allegation, not a finding of guilt, and the source does not report a conviction.
About This Entry
This entry reports only what the linked source states. Fields the source does not state (for example the employer type, drug schedule or a sentence) are left out rather than inferred, so it is shorter than the registry's fully analysed cases.
Related Guidance
- Pharmacy Self-Assessment Checklist — Self-assessment covering the controls that detect and deter diversion.
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and recordkeeping indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to run an internal diversion investigation.
- Employee Screening & Fitness for Duty — Screening and vetting for staff with controlled substance access.