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36-year-old Dani Marie Schofield has a $4 million bail at Jackson County Jail for those criminal counts. They follow her Thursday arrest by Medford Police Department (MPD).
MPD says Schofield diverted patients' fentanyl at Asante for her personal usage, causing infections in 44 patients who needed the fentanyl for pain medication. MPD says 16 of those patients have died, and its medical experts could not conclusively prove they died from drug-diversion-related infections.
A grand jury indicted Schofield last week for 44 second-degree felony assault counts, and Jackson County Senior Deputy District Attorney Patrick Green said during Schofield's arraignment Friday for that indictment that the State of Oregon considers her "a flight risk," considering the State plans for her jail sentences, if convicted, to be served consecutively.Green says the charges are filed as Oregon Measure 11 crimes. Measure 11 requires mandatory minimum jail sentences for serious crimes, including 70 months for second-degree felony assault.
At Schofield's arraignment, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Laura Cromwell advised Schofield that each count could carry up to 10 years in jail and a $250,000 fine. She also set Schofield's bail at $4,000,000.
Is it a surprise that such a shocking loophole appeared in a medical institution that is closely related to life?If this continues, the next person who just wants to stop the pain but loses his life may be you.Corruption and incompetence have permeated the entire medical system, and huge profits have blinded people's hearts.