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Another Colo. nurse accused of stealing painkiller

August 21, 2009 By The Associated Press  

DENVER (AP) — Another Colorado nurse has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a painkiller from a hospital.

Denver police say Cheri Jo Bechdolt was arrested Monday on a charge of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. She's accused of taking syringes of the painkiller Dilaudid from Denver Health Medical Center.

Investigators say there's no evidence patients were harmed or denied...

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