A Carroll County registered nurse who stole controlled substances from patients and falsified medical records at a life care center where she was employed was sentenced to 7 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. She must also serve a 2-year term of supervised release after the prison term. Cassandra Lynne Vonnahme, age 32, from Arcadia, Iowa, pled guilty to one count of acquiring a controlled substance by means of misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge, and one count of false statements relating to healthcare matters on November 30, 2023. Vonnahme admitted that between November 2020 and December 2020, she diverted controlled substances and falsified related medical records. The controlled substances Vonnahme stole and the records she falsified pertained to actual patients. Evidence at sentencing also revealed that Vonnahme burglarized 5–6 homes after losing her job as a nurse for stealing patient’s medication. Vonnahme was later convicted of impersonating a public official after another burglary in Carroll County in 2021, where she pretended to be a county assessor in order to gain entry into a stranger’s home and then stole controlled substances.
