ISU Nursing professor arrested on fraud charges

An Indiana State University nursing professor was arrested Tuesday for prescription fraud.

Amy Ann Holbert, an instructor in the department of baccalaureate nursing, was arrested by Terre Haute police officers at a Walgreens located at 13th Street and Wabash Avenue.

In a probable cause hearing on Wednesday, Sgt. Doug Bensinger of the Terre Haute Police Department testified that a Walgreen's pharmacist received a suspicious prescription that was later identified as false. The pharmacist alerted police, who went to the scene and were present when Holbert attempted to pick up the prescription, Bensinger said.

Holbert appeared in Vigo County Court Division 6 Wednesday where Judge Michael J. Lewis found probable cause for her arrest. Holbert is scheduled to return to court on Monday at 1:30 p.m. to answer to the charges.

Neither Holbert nor ISU officials were willing to comment Wednesday.

According to the ISU nursing faculty Web page, Holbert graduated from ISU in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She also earned a Master of Science degree from ISU in fall 2010 with a concentration in family nurse practitioning.

Holbert began as an adjunct faculty member at ISU in 2006. She has a background in Intensive Care Unit and emergency department nursing.