{"id":631510,"date":"2026-06-10T17:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631510\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T17:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:05:17","slug":"utah-nurse-arrested-for-selling-prescribed-oxycodone-hoarding-deceased-patients-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631510\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah nurse arrested for selling prescribed oxycodone, hoarding deceased patients\u2019 pills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HERRIMAN, Utah (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/pet-scammer-attempts-scheme-again-144156462.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:ABC4;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ABC4&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC4<\/a>) \u2014 A Utah nurse was arrested for allegedly selling her prescribed oxycodone to another individual and keeping deceased patients\u2019 pills in her home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dusti Jo Hall, 55, has been arrested on one count of distribution of a controlled substance (second-degree felony), one count of unlawful possession of a prescription medication (Class A misdemeanor), and one count of possession of marijuana in violation of Utah law (Class B misdemeanor).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to court documents, in early 2026, detectives with the Herriman Police Department received information that a Utah nurse, Dusti Jo Hall, was unlawfully distributing prescription narcotics from her residence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Upon a search of Hall\u2019s residence on June 3, law enforcement discovered a safe with thousands of prescription pills in multiple prescription bottles prescribed to Hall, as well as prescription bottles bearing the names of other individuals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additionally, police found marijuana and approximately $50,000 in the safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/abc4-preferred-news-source-google-004507440.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:How to make ABC4 your preferred news source on Google;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;How to make ABC4 your preferred news source on Google&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> How to make ABC4 your preferred news source on Google <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During an interview, Hall admitted to selling some of her prescribed oxycodone to another individual on multiple occasions for approximately $20 to $30 per pill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She also admitted to failing to properly dispose of prescription medications belonging to deceased patients. However, she denied selling these medications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Due to the circumstances, Hall was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charges are allegations only. All arrested persons are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Latest headlines:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/pet-scammer-attempts-scheme-again-144156462.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC4 Utah.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC4 Utah.&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC4 Utah. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HERRIMAN, Utah (ABC4) \u2014 A Utah nurse was arrested for allegedly selling her prescribed oxycodone to another individual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[213845,102,213844,213847,213843,6591,213848,145579,56,54,55,213846,2253,213849],"class_list":["post-631510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-class-b-misdemeanor","tag-health","tag-herriman","tag-herriman-police-department","tag-jo-hall","tag-medication","tag-possession-of-marijuana","tag-prescription-medication","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-unlawful-possession","tag-utah","tag-utah-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}