A Saylorsburg woman has been charged with stealing narcotics from her seriously ill boyfriend, according to state police.

Elizabeth Leskin, 41, was charged with two counts of theft by unlawful taking, and one count each of endangering welfare of care, obtain possession of controlled substance by misrepresentation, intentional possession of controlled substance by person not registered, strikes, shoves, kicks or attempts/threatens care, and harassment.

She is free in lieu of $5,000 unsecured bail, and scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Jan. 25 before District Judge Colleen Mancuso of Brodheadsville.

State police say they responded to a welfare check on Nov. 30 in the 900 block of Kunkletown Road, Eldred Township, from Revolutionary Home Health and Hospice about drugs missing from one of their hospice patients.

The visiting nurse told authorities that on Nov. 27 when she was at the residence she noticed that the prescription medication (morphine and lorazepam) given to the patient on Nov. 27 was completely empty and one of the bottles was missing.

The visiting nurse told police she noticed that the patient’s caregiver, Leskin, appeared to be under the influence of narcotics.

During a Nov. 30 interview with state police, Leskin admitted to being the victim’s primary caregiver, and that over the course of three months that he had been in hospice and she was caring for him, she consumed his prescription medications on multiple occasions, according to police records.