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Arkansas AG Announces Arrest of Registered Nurse for Obtaining Drugs by Fraud

Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the arrest of a Fort Smith man for obtaining drugs by fraud: On July 15, Matthew Stephen Daniel, 39, of Fort Smith was arrested on one count of Obtaining Drugs by Fraud, a Class D felony. While working as a registered nurse at North Hills Lifecare and Rehab, Daniel allegedly signed out two tablets of a controlled substance from a resident’s prescription supply. However, the resident had already been discharged and transferred to another unit at that time. Although documentation indicated the medication had been administered, the resident did not receive it, and the two tablets were later found to be missing from inventory.