The state Board of Pharmacy suspended the license of pharmacy technician Dawn Jonis, 53, of Hollis last Thursday and set an emergency hearing on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.

Jonis was arrested by Hollis Police June 2 for allegedly stealing narcotics from her employer, Hollis Pharmacy, whose owner Vahrij Manoukian also is chairman of the state Board of Pharmacy.

Jonis is alleged to have stolen more than 3,000 oxycodone tablets from the pharmacy. She was arraigned in Nashua District Court and bound over to Superior Court on two counts of Theft by Unauthorized Taking, Class A misdemeanors, and two counts of Possession of a Narcotic Drug, Class B felonies.

The Pharmacy Board hearing will determine whether Jonis’s privileges will remain suspended during the course of its investigation.

Hollis Police Chief James Sartelle said Monday that police conducted video surveillance after being notified by the pharmacy of a suspected employee theft and obtained an arrest warrant and search warrant based on the investigation.

Sartelle said while the town has had other cases of employee theft, “I don’t believe we’ve ever had a case of somebody stealing drugs from the pharmacy,” he said.

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