CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing pain medication from vulnerable patients, including replacing a hospice patient’s hydrocodone with zinc tablets.
34-year-old Eric Newsom pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of tampering and attempting to tamper with a consumer product.
According to the plea agreement, Newsom was a licensed occupational therapist in Iowa who owned and operated a company providing occupational therapy services to patients in eastern Iowa…