August 12, 2020 @ 4:32 pm
Northwest News
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Vancouver, Washington, woman who worked as a registered nurse in Portland, Oregon, has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for conspiring to sell drugs.
60-year-old Rene Elene Griffin Nunn pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment charging her with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
Prosecutors say in 2018, Nunn was found driving from Vancouver to Portland with about 93 grams of heroin in her purse. Court records show she also talked with others by cellphone about the price and quantity of methamphetamine and heroin.
Nunn had been working as a registered nurse at Adventist Medical Center in Portland.