(Stillwater, Okla.) — A former Walmart pharmacist who admitted stealing more than 500 tablets from the narcotics drawer at the Stillwater store on Sixth Street has been placed on five years’ probation as part of a plea bargain with extensive conditions including supervision by the state Pharmacy Board and the state Department of Corrections.
Jyme Kay Wilson, 42, of Stillwater, had already paid restitution in full of $1,628 when she entered her guilty plea on Oct. 9, court records show.
Wilson was ordered to undergo random drug testing and to attend AA/NA meetings until released by her supervisor or counselor, court records show.
Wilson was also fined $2,000 and required to pay $350 in other assessments by District Judge Phillip Corley on Oct. 9, court records show.
Wilson pleaded guilty to stealing more than 300 tablets of Zolpidem and more than 200 tablets of oxycodone/Oxycontin during a two-month period last year.
The pharmacist came under scrutiny after an employee at Walmart saw her take a drinking cup from a display near the front of the store without paying, Stillwater Police Officer Kurt Merrill wrote in an affidavit.
“Wilson admitted that she had been taking narcotics unlawfully from the store for her personal use for the past three months,” a Walmart manager told the Stillwater officer last October, the affidavit said.
Wilson admitted to Walmart management that she had taken about 300 Zolpidem 10 mg, 100 Oxycontin 80 mg, and 100 Oxycodone 15 mg, the affidavit said.
Wilson said “she would arrive at the pharmacy before business hours and take the medication from the narcotics locked area and conceal the stolen medication in her purse,” the affidavit said.
In addition to the pills Wilson said she had previously taken, “she turned over five Oxycontin 80 mg. and 11 Zolpidem 10 mg. she had taken earlier in the day and had concealed in her purse,” before the Stillwater officer was sent to Walmart on Oct. 6, 2014, the affidavit said.
The Stillwater officer was advised “an audit had been performed on seven of the controlled substances kept in the pharmacy — the dates on the audit show an increasing shortage of Oxycodone, Alprazolam and Zolpidem,” the affidavit said.
The officer was provided by Walmart “a stack of 22 DVDs and accompanying snapshots from each series of discs,” the affidavit said.
Because Wilson was given a deferred sentence as part of the plea bargain with the prosecution, she will not have a criminal record if she successfully completes her probationary period.
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