CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Chesapeake woman has pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances by fraud after admitting to diverting pain medication intended for patients under her care.
According to federal court documents, Michelle Kollmar, 56, entered her guilty plea on April 24. Prosecutors say that between January 2023 and March 2024, Kollmar worked as a registered nurse at a healthcare facility, where she treated patients with serious conditions, including sickle-cell anemia and those receiving cancer comfort care.
Many of those patients relied on patient-controlled analgesia pumps to manage severe pain. Authorities say Kollmar used patients’ personal identifying information to access Omnicell machines, automated systems used to dispense medications, and removed vials of hydromorphone, a powerful opioid…