Former nurse accused of taking managed substances from Franklin nursing residence residents
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A former nurse is going through costs in Williamson County following an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Medicaid Fraud Management Division.
The TBI mentioned particular brokers, appearing on a tip from the Tennessee Division of Well being, began investigating Elizabeth Rainwater on Nov. 15, 2024.
Over the course of the investigation, authorities mentioned they realized Rainwater surrendered her Registered Nurse license in August 2024 as a part of a plea deal, however she stored working as a nurse at a Franklin nursing residence till Sept. 10, 2024. Throughout these weeks, Rainwater allegedly diverted managed substances — together with opioids — from residents on the facility.
In accordance with officers, a Williamson County grand jury indicted the 54-year-old on June 4, charging her with one rely of impersonating a licensed skilled and 19 counts of fraudulently acquiring a managed substance.
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The TBI mentioned its particular brokers — with some assist from the U.S. Marshals Service Process Drive, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Workplace, and the Smyrna Police Division — arrested Rainwater on Friday, Sept. 5 and booked her into the Williamson County Jail on a $40,000 bond.
No further particulars have been launched about this case.
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