CINCINNATI - Barbara K. Temeck, 67, of Cincinnati, was convicted in U.S. District Court today of one count of distributing a controlled substance.
Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Gavin McClaren, Resident Agent in Charge, Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Criminal Investigations Division (VA-OIG), announced the verdict reached today following a jury trial before U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett.
A federal grand jury indicted Temeck in May 2017. According to the court documents and testimony, she illegally dispensed Diazepam on Nov. 2, 2013.
Temeck served as the Chief of Staff at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati.
Distribution of a controlled substance is a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison for Schedule IV drugs such as Diazepam.
U.S. Attorney Glassman commended the cooperative investigation by the VA-OIG, as well as Assistant United States Attorneys Kyle J. Healey and Timothy D. Oakley, who are representing the United States in this case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
