by Joseph Gresser
NEWPORT — Detective Paul Petralia, an investigator for the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR), part of the Vermont Secretary of State’s office, said in an affidavit that a traveling nurse took drugs intended for two residents of the Union House Nursing Home in Glover. Detective Petralia’s affidavit, filed to support the charges filed against Anneka Brooks, 46, of Titusville, Florida, says she diverted Oxycodone prescribed to two different patients.
Detective Petralia said the medication is a narcotic used to treat moderate to severe pain and is a Schedule II Controlled Substance, classified as a Regulated Drug by the Vermont Department of Health. He said each of the Union House’s two floors has a medication cart and narcotics are stored in locked cabinets in each cart.
The affidavit says nurses are required to count narcotics on the cart at each shift change, when one nurse is coming on duty and the other going off duty. The two nurses must reconcile the count to verify the proper amount of medications are on the cart in order to make sure patients are not in danger of an overdose, detect medication errors, and to deter drug diversion, the affidavit says. It says Oxycodone pills are packaged within a card with a foil backing that is meant to be broken when the pill is removed.
According to Detective Petralia, Union House’s director of nursing services filed a complaint with the OPR on November 12, 2025, saying that when a nurse ….
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