By: Associated Press//March 6, 2019//
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A nurse has been sentenced to probation for stealing fentanyl from the Veterans Hospital in Madison.
The 49-year-old Todd Mehrhoff, of Waunakee, helped with surgeries at the hospital and had access to its automated medication-distribution system. Prosecutors say Mehrhoff took fentanyl from the distribution system for his own use between August and December of 2017.
An investigation by Veterans Affairs police and the Drug Enforcement Administration found that Mehroff had diverted fentanyl more than 100 times during that period. He pleaded guilty to charges last November and faced a maximum four years in prison.
A federal judge on Tuesday gave Mehrhoff three years of probation.