Ms. Whitehead received probation and community service after admitting in 2012 to stealing morphine, fentanyl and other drugs, according to the report. They were stolen from the Mayo Clinic Health Systems, where she worked as director of the surgery center.
Ms. Whitehead was arrested again this week for allegedly impersonating a Mayo nurse and phoning in a prescription to a pharmacy.
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