Kentucky Nurse Charged With Stealing Drugs from Residents
Published: January 25th, 2012 • No Comments
A Kentucky nursing home employee has been charged with neglecting residents and stealing drugs.
Jinger Butler, 41, a former nurse at Cumberland Valley Manor Nursing Home, faces 11 charges of nursing home neglect and 11 counts of theft of a controlled substance following an indictment by a grand jury. Prosecutors say that Butler stole hydrocodone from 10 residents between May and November of 2010, according to a Courier-Journal story.
Butler faces up to 10 years in prison for each count of neglect and up to five years in prison for each theft count. All are considered felonies. She was arrested on Saturday by Cumberland County deputies and released on her own recognizance.
Cumberland Valley Manor is a non-profit, 84-bed facility in Burkesville, Kentucky. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rates it as a two-star (below average) nursing home. While it received a four-star (above average) rating for nursing home staffing from CMS, it only received an average rating (three stars) on quality measures and a one star rating (much below average) on health inspections.
