Swine flu vaccine stolen from Olympia care center

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Swine flu vaccine stolen from Olympia care center



by KING5.com Staff

Posted on November 10, 2009 at 12:28 PM

Updated today at 1:37 PM


OLYMPIA, Wash. ? Thurston County is investigating the theft of 20 doses of swine flu vaccine.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office says the vaccine was stolen from Providence Sound Home Care and Hospice at 3432 South Bay Road NE in Olympia sometime between Nov. 4 and Nov. 6.

There was no sign of a break-in, so it's believed that someone who works at the center stole it.

The vaccine has an approximate street value of $2,000.

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Re: Swine flu vaccine stolen from Olympia care center

Woman arrested in swine flu vaccine theft

Credit: KING

by KING5.com Staff

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 2:57 PM



OLYMPIA, Wash. ? A woman has been arrested in the theft of 20 doses of swine flu vaccine from an Olympia hospice.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office says the 37-year-old Ohio woman is a contractor for Providence Sound Home Care and Hospice at 3432 South Bay Road NE and had access to the area where the H1N1 vaccine was kept. She was booked on first-degree theft and released.

Detectives say the suspect had admitted to at least two people that she stole the vaccine. The suspect has not admitted to police that she committed the crime.

No vaccine has been recovered.