A registered nurse in Evansville was arrested after being accused of stealing controlled drugs from the assisted care home where she works.
Jena Grady, 34, was arrested on felony accusations of prescription fraud and narcotics possession.
According to investigators from the Office of the Indiana Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Grady was working at Good Samaritan Home, now known as Envive Healthcare of Evansville, when the crimes happened.
Leaders at the senior care home stated that after being alerted to anomalies, they began reviewing Grady’s drug log sheets.
Authorities said the investigation revealed multiple cases in which Grady claimed patients declined opioids or that narcotics were dumped, but there were no witnesses to the waste, as required by the law. According to them, some trash forms were filled out with scribbled and unidentifiable witness signatures.
According to an affidavit, investigators discovered roughly 27 units of unaccounted drugs.
During an interview with Grady, officials claim they confronted her with the fact that one of the nurses indicated that she had witnessed Grady spill 12 tablets in one 12-hour shift, despite the fact that all of the other nurses said it happened less than once in their entire careers.
Grady was arrested and put into the Vanderburgh County Jail on L6 felony charges of obtaining a controlled substance through fraud or deceit, possessing a narcotic drug, and failing to make, keep, or furnish documents. She was released with a $500 bond.
