Harnett couple charged with prescription fraud
In April, law enforcement received a report from the management of Liberty Home Health and Hospice concerning a possible case of prescription fraud involving hospice nurse Juana Nicole Hull, 42.
The ensuing investigation revealed that on multiple occasions between January and April, Hull and her husband allegedly diverted controlled prescription medications from several pharmacies during her employment at Liberty Home Health and Hospice, a release states.
On Wednesday, May 21, the Harnett County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at 143 Decoy Spread Place, southwest of Lillington. Juana Hull and Robert Wayne Hull, 38, were arrested.
Juana Nicole Hull faces multiple charges, including:
• Four counts for obtaining possession of a controlled substance through misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge.
• Four counts for embezzling or diverting a controlled substance as a registrant, practitioner or employee.
• Four counts for trafficking opium or heroin.
• Six counts for conspiring to traffic opium or heroin.
Robert Hull faces different charges, including:
• Six counts for obtaining possession of a controlled substance through misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge.
• Six counts for trafficking opium or heroin.
Juana Hull was issued a secured bond of $150,000, while Robert Hull received a secured bond of $100,000.
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