Former Oregon Nurse Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking

Rene Elene Griffin Nunn, 60, a resident of Vancouver, Washington pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances. At the time of the offense, Nunn was a registered nurse at Adventist Medical Center in Portland. According to court documents, in February 2018, Nunn drove from Vancouver to Portland with approximately 93 grams of heroin in her purse. Based on a joint investigation conducted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Clackamas County Interagency Task Force (CCITF), Nunn was located and arrested driving into Portland. Nunn faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine and three years of supervised release.

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