Forest Lake, Minnesota: Nurse Gregory Thomas Welcher avoids jail time for stealing patient’s meds

Forest Lake nurse avoids jail time for stealing patient’s medication

A Forest Lake nurse who pretended to check on a patient so he could steal the man’s medication evaded jail time for the offense. Gregory Thomas Welcher, 30, was sentenced in Ramsey County District Court Thursday to five years probation on one count of felony-level theft. He also was ordered to spend one day in jail, but was given credit for the day he already logged at the Ramsey County Correctional Facility. Welcher pleaded guilty to the charge this past December. Welcher visited the home of a White Bear Township couple several times throughout April of 2016 to check on ...

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