Cape Cod nurse accused of stealing oxycodone pills from Boston health facility

A nurse from the Cape has been charged with falsifying curative records at an Eastie medical facility to steal oxycodone pills according to officers Kaitlin Tipton of West Yarmouth was lately charged with drug larceny and drug obtained by fraud According to the Suffolk DA s office a Mass State Police trooper assigned to the Department of General Strength s Drug Control Activity discovered that Tipton diverted more than oxycodone pills from Advocate Vitality Care AHC She allegedly falsified the drug book and other curative records AHC is a long-term care and short-term rehab facility in East Boston where Tipton worked as an LPN Investigators uncovered that Tipton diverted the addictive pain med by not documenting doses removing more medication than ordered by doctors and making false entries on dates when she was not working Tipton described police that she had a friend with back problems who turned to her for help She announced she diverted medication from the facility for her friend and declared she was unsure exactly how countless times she did so We ll likely never know where these pills ended up but we do know that substances like oxycodone and oxycontin are huge contributors to dependency issues we see in Boston and every other group Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden commented So diversions from dispensing facilities must be taken seriously The Eastie judge issued Tipton on personal recognizance and ordered her to stay away from the location of the offense Tipton is due back in court on Sept for a probable cause hearing