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DEA-Atlanta Division: Nurse Who Stole Painkillers, Replacing Them With Saline and Putting Surgical Patients at Risk, Sentenced to Four Years
May 24, 2023
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 24 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Atlanta Division issued the following news release on May 22, 2023:

A former Fuquay-Varina nurse was sentenced today to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release for tampering with painkillers intended for surgery patients. On March 9, 2022, Melissa Elizabeth Chacona pled guilty to the charges.

"Surgical patients trust healthcare providers to . . .

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