Nurse accused of stealing fentanyl from University Hospital
Ryan Shiner
Editor’s note: Woodard’s name has been corrected. Her employment history with MU Health Care was added on Wednesday.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
An Oklahoma woman who worked as a nurse at University Hospital was charged on Friday after she was accused of stealing fentanyl from the hospital earlier this year.
Amanda Woodard, of Sperry, Oklahoma, was charged with stealing. She is not listed on the Boone County Jail roster, but an entrance of appearance was filed on Tuesday, where she pleaded not guilty. A motion to set a $10,000 bond was filed, but Woodard filed an objection for the request on Tuesday.
The probable cause statement says that Woodard stole the drug for personal use by giving the proper dose to her patients and then using a syringe to take the remaining amount of the vial for herself. Security had flagged an incident to law enforcement on June 13.
Woodard allegedly told hospital security that she stole roughly 266 milliliters of fentanyl from 133 partially used vials during a period from January through May.
MU Health Care confirmed on Wednesday that Woodard began working as a contract agency nurse on Nov. 18, 2024, and was employed by MU Health Care from May 18-June 19.