A former nurse at Houston Methodist who stole drugs meant for patients for her personal use will surrender her Texas nursing license for life, spend 120 days in the Harris County Jail, and then be placed on four years of probation, District Attorney Kim Ogg announced. Alexis Joann McNeilly, 25, was arrested last year after being caught manipulating a medication-dispensing system at the hospital in the Texas Medical Center so that she could steal the drugs for personal use. After taking vials out of the machine without a valid order, she would use a syringe to empty the vials, then refill them with salt water and return them to the dispenser. She was also caught on surveillance video at the hospital injecting fentanyl into her hand. An investigation revealed that she stole fentanyl and hydromorphone, an opioid that is more powerful than morphine, several times beginning in late April 2023.
