Nurse Charles Welch Jr. pleads guilty to stealing fentanyl from his workplace for personal use.

Charles Welch Jr., a 65-year-old nurse from Osage Beach, has pleaded guilty to stealing fentanyl from his workplace for personal use. Welch, who worked as a nurse anesthetist, admitted to scanning syringes of saline as fentanyl, taking more medication than needed for procedures, and falsifying patient records to hide his actions. He faces up to four years in federal prison without parole.

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