A 69-year-old nurse is charged with stealing methadone and suboxone by faking their destruction during her work at Suffolk County House of Correction.

“Drug controls and protocols in jails and prisons are in place for good reasons, including the fact that many inmates are incarcerated for drug distribution and trafficking charges,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement following her arraignment. “The security aspects of those protocols are ultimately what provided the evidence to move forward with these charges.”

Mary Forte, of Boston, appeared in the Roxbury division of Boston Municipal Court on Wednesday to be arraigned on two counts each of obtaining a drug by fraud and larceny of a drug and one count of forgery of a document. Prosecutors say that she diverted 1,9

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