Nursing home workers charged with stealing residents’ medications

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: April 10, 2026

Words: 764

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago


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Two Iowa nursing home workers are facing disciplinary charges for allegedly stealing the medications of residents at two separate facilities.

Court records indicate Amanda Renee Stroh, 44, of Parkersburg, was criminally charged last fall with felony prohibited acts involving controlled substances and with misdemeanor tampering with records.

Prosecutors allege that in May 2025, while working at Aplington’s Maple Manor nursing home in Butler County, Stroh stole residents’ oxycodone and hydrocodone and then falsified records to …

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