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Pharmacist Indicted for Stealing, Relabeling Drugs

Pharmacist Indicted for Stealing, Relabeling Drugs
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Oct. 18, 2018 | BENTON, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Oct. 18, 2018 | 02:05 PM | BENTON, KY
A Benton pharmacist has been indicted for stealing medications, according to United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman. 

The indictments charge 34-year-old Kyle W. Humphrey with stealing pre-retail prescription medications, mislabeling prescriptions in order to defraud or mislead, and wrongful use of health information. He was also charged in a separate indictment with illegal possession of a firearm.

According to the indictment documents from the attorney's office, 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 allegedly 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 indicted a second time after he was allegedly found with a gun on January 2, 2018.

If convicted, Humphrey faces no more than 20 years on the concealment charges, no more than three years for misbranding drugs, and no more than 10 years for wrongful use of health information. Humphrey also faces no more than 10 years for possessing a firearm while under a domestic violence order. 

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