Officials: Woman accused of stealing patient’s medication
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – A Tupelo woman is facing charges after being accused of stealing prescription drugs from a nursing home patient.
Attorney General Jim Hood said in a statement that 37-year-old Angela Sweat turned herself in to authorities Friday.
A Lee County grand jury indicted Sweat on multiple charges including obtaining possession of a legal drug by larceny, embezzlement, misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge.
Authorities say Sweat was employed as a resident assistant at a facility in Tupelo. The indictment says Sweat obtained a controlled substance, Norco, that was prescribed to and purchased for a patient at the facility.
Sweat has posted bond. It isn’t immediately clear if she has an attorney.
