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Former nurse accused of prescription fraud in Huntington

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The West Virginia State Police arrested a former HIMG nurse on charges of receiving prescriptions fraudulently.

According to court documents, police arrest Christy Rose, 33, of Huntington, who previously worked at HIMG for seven years as a nurse. Police said Rose had been getting prescriptions for hydrocodone and alprazalam in her and her sons' names.

Rose told officers that she received the prescriptions because she was addicted.