NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 14 -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued the following news release:
BRISTOL - A joint investigation by special agents assigned to TBI's Medicaid Fraud Control Division and TBI's Drug Investigation Division has resulted in an indictment charging a former hospital registered nurse accused of diverting prescription narcotics for her own benefit.
In December 2025, agents began investigating allegations involving Heather Nicole Leonard, a registered nurse at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Agents, working with the assistance of the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations, developed information that Leonard took Oxycodone tablets intended for patients in her care. The hospital terminated Leonard's employment ...