Woman stealing PPE from Pikeville Medical Center also had drugs and outstanding warrant
Pikeville KY April 27 2020
A Pike woman was arrested on April 19 after Pikeville Police were dispatched to Pikeville Medical Center for a theft report.
According to the arrest citation by Pikeville Police Officer N. Taylor, he was dispatched to PMC in reference to a theft complaint and made contact with hospital security and Savana Ray, 34, of Ky. 292, who security said had stolen face masks and gloves valued at $25 from the hospital.
Ray, Taylor wrote, also had an active warrant for her arrest charging her with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
Taylor, the citation said, placed Ray under arrest and searched her, finding a quantity of the prescription drugs gabapentin and Xanax in a plastic bag in her purse.
Ray was lodged in the Pike County Detention Center on charges of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, theft, third-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of a prescription drug not in a proper container, failure to appear in court and contempt of court.
According to court documents, Ray was released on April 20 on her own recognizance. The trafficking case, records show, was bound over for consideration by a Pike County grand jury.
