Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Crime Alert 02.13.25 | Nurse Picks Up Prescription for DEAD PATIENT
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Crime Alert I. Nancy Grays breaking crime news now. Caitlin Adams,
- 0:04Speaker 1: a registered nurse, walks into an Arkansas pharmacy to fill
- 0:07Speaker 1: an oxicode on prescription for her patient at a nursing home.
- 0:11Speaker 1: Skeptical of the amount of mads requested, the pharmacist calls
- 0:15Speaker 1: the nursing home who says the pharmacist Adams, was fired
- 0:19Speaker 1: and does not care for the patients there, and by
- 0:22Speaker 1: the way, that oxy conone patient died last week. Kaitlin
- 0:27Speaker 1: Adams tries the scheme again a week later and makes
- 0:30Speaker 1: off with one hundred and eighty oxycodone pills prescribed to
- 0:34Speaker 1: her dead.
- 0:35Speaker 2: Patient, Nancy, between the two pharmacies in the nursing home.
- 0:38Speaker 2: Adams fraud was discovered shortly after the prescription was filled.
- 0:43Speaker 2: Adams still had a majority of the pills in her possession,
- 0:45Speaker 2: though police believe her intent was to sell the oxy
- 0:48Speaker 2: on the street. Adam's medical license now under investigation.
- 0:53Speaker 1: Caitlin Adams twenty six, now charged with fraud to procure
- 0:56Speaker 1: a narcotic and possession with intent to distribute. A Florida
- 1:01Speaker 1: homeowner Colls nine one one after hearing a crash in
- 1:03Speaker 1: his living room, police find a brick that reads first
- 1:07Speaker 1: date jet Skiing June fourteen, twenty twenty, alongside the homeowner's
- 1:13Speaker 1: name and Sabrina. He immediately recognizes it as a commemorative
- 1:19Speaker 1: brick his ex wife got him as an anniversary present.
- 1:24Speaker 1: Surveillance video shows Sabrina Coin throwing the brick through her
- 1:28Speaker 1: ex's window while recording on her phone with her free hand.
- 1:34Speaker 1: Coin denies breaking the window to cops, but she's still
- 1:37Speaker 1: charged with criminal mischief and throwing a deadly missile into
- 1:41Speaker 1: an occupied building. More crime and justice news after this
- 1:49Speaker 1: Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime
- 1:52Speaker 1: Onlines John Lemley.
- 1:54Speaker 3: Authorities in Georgia are investigating the fatal shooting of a
- 1:57Speaker 3: police officer in Roswell, about twenty five miles north of Atlanta.
- 2:03Speaker 3: The officer was killed while responding to a report of
- 2:06Speaker 3: a suspicious person and the parking lot of a local
- 2:09Speaker 3: pickleball club. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the
- 2:13Speaker 3: officer approached twenty three year old Edward Espinoza for questioning.
- 2:17Speaker 3: Investigator say Espinoza then pulled a handgun and opened fire,
- 2:22Speaker 3: striking the officer multiple times. The officer, whose name has
- 2:26Speaker 3: not yet been released, was rushed to a hospital but
- 2:30Speaker 3: did not survive. Roswell police officers took Espinoza into custody
- 2:35Speaker 3: at the scene. He now faces multiple charges, including murder,
- 2:39Speaker 3: aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and possession of
- 2:43Speaker 3: a firearm during the commission of a felony. The GBI
- 2:47Speaker 3: says its findings will be turned over to the Fulton
- 2:49Speaker 3: County District Attorney's Office for review and possible prosecution. In
- 2:55Speaker 3: a statement, the Roswell Police Department says it will release
- 2:58Speaker 3: additional information in the coming days. For now, the department
- 3:02Speaker 3: says its focus is on supporting the family of their
- 3:05Speaker 3: fallen officer and their grieving colleagues. A corruption scandal has
- 3:10Speaker 3: rocked the Albuquerque Police Department, with two former officers pleading
- 3:15Speaker 3: guilty to federal charges. Our Crime Online correspondent Sidney Sumner
- 3:20Speaker 3: has the latest.
- 3:21Speaker 2: Two former Albuquerque police officers, Joshua Montano and Hono Rio Alba,
- 3:26Speaker 2: have admitted to racketeering, extortion, and accepting bribes in a
- 3:30Speaker 2: scheme that helped DWI offenders evade conviction. Federal investigators say
- 3:35Speaker 2: the officers conspired with attorney Ricardo Mendez, who paid bribes,
- 3:39Speaker 2: including cash exceeding five thousand dollars and gifts to ensure
- 3:43Speaker 2: officers failed to appear in court, leading to case dismissals.
- 3:47Speaker 2: Mendez has also pleaded guilty to related charges. In exchange
- 3:51Speaker 2: for cooperation, Montano and Alba accepted plea deals that could
- 3:55Speaker 2: reduce their sentences. Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina praised federal
- 4:00Speaker 2: authorities for uncovering the scheme, but said the investigation is ongoing.
- 4:04Speaker 3: More than a dozen officers have faced consequences, including resignations
- 4:09Speaker 3: and terminations, as authorities work to restore trust in the department.
- 4:14Speaker 1: Thanks John Daryl Johnson, sixty seven, travels from his Phoenix,
- 4:17Speaker 1: Arizona home to Conscious Lake State Park, New Mexico to
- 4:21Speaker 1: celebrate a friend's birthday. The thirty plus member group camp
- 4:25Speaker 1: together and spend Friday evening around a campfire. Eleven pm,
- 4:29Speaker 1: everyone goes to their tents. Friends remember Daryl saining good
- 4:33Speaker 1: night and zipping up his tent. Next morning, he's nowhere
- 4:37Speaker 1: to be found. Friends immediately report him missing. Police speak
- 4:41Speaker 1: with nearby campers. One neighbor says Darryl asks to borrow
- 4:44Speaker 1: a flashlight around twelve thirty a m. Several other people
- 4:49Speaker 1: report possible sightings of Darrel in town, but that man's
- 4:53Speaker 1: determined to be a local. Daryl's friends suggest he may
- 4:56Speaker 1: have been drunk that night, but Darryl's son says his
- 4:59Speaker 1: father does not drink. Daryl has limited mobility, investigators do
- 5:06Speaker 1: not believe he would have made it very far on foot.
- 5:09Speaker 1: Daryl Johnson African American, six feet, one hundred and sixty pounds, short,
- 5:14Speaker 1: graying hair and a mustache. Last scene wearing red T
- 5:17Speaker 1: shirt and blue jeans, brown shoes. If you have info
- 5:21Speaker 1: on Daryl Johnson, now missing seven months, please call on
- 5:25Speaker 1: New Mexico State Police five zero, five four two five
- 5:29Speaker 1: six seven seven one. For the latest crime in justice news,
- 5:33Speaker 1: go to crimeonline dot com and please join us for
- 5:37Speaker 1: our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best
- 5:41Speaker 1: to find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides.
- 5:46Speaker 1: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace