NORWICH – Following a weekend theft at Chenango Memorial Hospital, police arrested a man Wednesday and charged him with a high level drug felony. He’s accused of stealing a number of controlled substances from a medical security cabinet.
The City of Norwich Police Department charged 27-year-old Christopher R. White, currently homeless in the Norwich area, with third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a B class felony and third degree burglary, a D class felony. White was also charged with three misdemeanor level offenses – possession of burglar’s tool, fourth degree criminal mischief and petit larceny.
Police said White was involved in a burglary at the hospital this past Saturday evening in which he entered a restricted area of the facility and broke open a locked storage container. Allegedly, White then removed a “number of” prescription narcotics and left the hospital.
The Norwich Police were assisted in the investigation by the New York State Bureau of Controlled Substances.