Former Hospital Employee Charged With More Than 200 Additional Counts Of Taking Prescription Meds

Oneida, TN (2011-05-16) A former employee of St. Mary’s Medical Center of Scott County who had been accused of illegally taking prescription medications from the hospital pharmacy last month has been charged with more than 200 additional counts.

Nikita Prewitt, 27, of Oneida was arrested on additional charges last week following a more in-depth investigation into allegation that she had taken medications from the hospital pharmacy. According to an arrest warrant filed by Officer Blake Murphy of the Oneida Police Department, a follow-up investigation into allegations that Prewitt has taken medications from the hospital dispensary supposedly revealed more than 200 additional occurrences. According to investigators, Prewitt was allegedly logging the medication out of the hospital’s computer-controlled dispensary system, but patient medication logs show the meds were never given out.

As result, Prewitt was charged with 248 counts of theft under $500, and an additional 244 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Originally, Prewitt had been charged with ten counts of each.