The former assistant director of nursing of a Virginia Nursing Home will serve three years in prison for the illegal distribution and sale of drugs.  Linda Sloan Quick stole the drugs from the Rocky Mount Nursing Home during her tenure there.  The drugs Quick stole were either expired, prescribed for a deceased patient or belonged to a resident who was transferred to another facility.

An anonymous informant tipped off the sheriff's department that a person at the nursing home was selling prescription drugs.  During an investigation at the facility, an informant directed police to Quick.  Undercover police made multiple purchases from Quick during a 90-day period in 2008. 

Quick pleaded guilty to four charges of prescription drug distribution, including one count of Fentanyl (Schedule 2) and three counts of distributing Hyrocodone (Schedule 3).  Separate charges of distributing Lorazepam and Diazepam (Schedule 4) were dismissed according to Quick's plea agreement.

Should nursing home officials have been aware of the drug dealing that occurred at their facility?  "The drugs she was taking should have been destroyed according to procedure," according to Major Josh Carter of the Franklin County Sheriff's Department.  Read more about this case of drug dealing at a Virginia Nursing Home here.