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Pharmacist Sentenced for Theft, Relabeling Drugs

Pharmacist Sentenced for Theft, Relabeling Drugs
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Jun. 20, 2019 | PADUCAH
By West Kentucky Star Staff Jun. 20, 2019 | 03:02 PM | PADUCAH
A western Kentucky pharmacist has been sentenced for stealing and relabeling drugs, and for misusing health information.

United States District Court Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell sentenced Kyle W. Humphrey to two years imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.

Humphrey was charged with stealing pre-retail prescription medications, mislabeling prescriptions in order to defraud or mislead, and wrongful use of health information. He was also charged with illegal possession of a firearm. Humphrey was also ordered to pay restitution of $21,216.94 to the three victim pharmacies in Kentucky, Illinois, and Idaho.

According to the plea agreement, between April and August of 2017, while working for a pharmacy in Calloway County, Humphrey allegedly concealed 20 different pre-retail medical products, including Finasteride, Allopurinol, Eliquis ®, Strattera®, ProAir® HFA, Farxiga®, Cefprozil, Tamiflu®, Duloxetine, Aripiprazole, Ergocalciferol, Levofloxacin, Bystolic®, Xarelto®, Clindamycin Palmitate HCL, Mylan® Norethindrone tablets, Camilia® Norethindrone tablets, Testosterone gel tubes, and Testosterone Cypionate. 

These drugs include blood thinners, non-stimulant ADHD drugs, antibiotics, birth control pills, hormone replacements, and others.

Humphrey also altered the labeling of Allopurinol, a drug held for sale in the pharmacy, and acquired a person's health information so he could use it for personal gain. 

In a Calloway County Family Court order in August of 2017, Humphrey was prohibited from carrying firearms, but he was arrested a second time after he was found with a gun on January 2, 2018.

The District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Idaho issued an order on August 20, 2018 that once again prohibited him from carrying firearms.  However on September 18, 2018 Humphrey was arrested a third time, while in possession of another firearm.

Humphrey, 34, had plead guilty to the charges on March 27, 2019.
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