Six employees at nursing homes in the central Iowa area have been indicted in federal court for controlled substance offenses.
36 year old Arminda Cruikshank of Osceola is charged with three counts of using misrepresentation, fraud along with deception and subterfuge to get opioid drugs. The indictment says Cruikshank got Oxycodone pills from residents at Calvin Community and Valley View Village nursing homes. Cruikshank's pleaded not guilty.
31 year old Katie Christine Howard of Des Moines is charged with two counts of fraud in obtaining Oxycododone and Hydracodone pills from residents at University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Des Moines. She's pleaded guilty and will be sentenced July 18th.
29 year old Samantha Anne Mills of Des Moines is charged with three counts of using fraud to obtain a controlled substance. Prosecutors say she removed Fentanyl patches from nursing home residents. She pleaded not guilty.
47 year old Barbara Jean Kindall is charged with two counts of fraud in getting Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills from residents of the Keosauqua Health Care Center and Savanah Heights in Mount Pleasant. She's pleaded not guilty.
30 year old Christine Renee Weilbrenner of Ankeny was charged with one count of using fraud to get a controlled substance. Her indictment says she got Tramadol pills from residents of The Bridges of Ankeny. She's also pleaded not guilty.
32 year old Alicia Danielle Swenson of Des Moines is facing three counts of fraud for obtaining Hydrocodone pills from residents at the Carlisle Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation in Carlisle. She has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The US Attorney's office says the cases were investigated by the Iowa Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.