KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: An Osage Beach, Mo., nurse pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally obtaining fentanyl from a hospital for his own use. Charles Welch Jr., 65, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to a federal information that charges him with one count of obtaining a controlled substan more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: A Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing more than a kilogram of fentanyl and 14 firearms. Proevine Lennox Robins, 51, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to one count possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute and one count of possessing firearms in furtherance of a d more PR