WICHITA, Kansas (AP) - A federal grand jury in Wichita has indicted a registered nurse on charges of diluting morphine for patients at a Halstead nursing home where she formerly worked.
Deborah J. Riggs was charged Wednesday with 10 counts of tampering with a consumer product and adulteration of drugs.
Prosecutors allege the 55-year-old nurse diluted the morphine solutions of five patients at the Halstead Health and Rehabilitation facility where she worked from March 2008 until this past March.
Riggs was convicted in 1998 of fraudulently obtaining drugs. The Kansas Board of Nursing suspended her license in 2008 for drug abuse and narcotics theft from Wesley Medical Center, then allow her to continue practicing with conditions.
Riggs could not be located for comment, and court records did not list an attorney for her.
