A GARRARD COUNTY, KENTUCKY, EMS EMPLOYEE Thomas Shelton, 37, was arrested and arraigned Wednesday. He has been charged with 21 counts of theft of morphine from the Garrard County Emergency Medical Service. The thefts occurred between February 22, 2008 and August 17, 2009.
He was freed on $1,000 bond and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on December 18.
Reported by the Advocate-Messenger, Danville.
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IN SEMINOLE, OKLAHOMA, THE CITY-OWNED ambulance service Medicus is being investigated by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Following a tip about there being a misuse of drugs in the EMS agency, investigators arrived on Tuesday and began interviewing employees of Medicus. The Oklahoman is reporting that an inventory of Medicus drugs recently showed an unknown amount of Demerol and other drugs were unaccounted for.
