Midwife admits to destroying COVID vaccines

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A midwife from Washington County admitted to giving out COVID-19 vaccine cards to people who never received a vaccine.

Prosecutors said Kathleen Breault, 66, of Cambridge, admitted to destroying more than 2,500 vaccines and giving out fake vaccine cards while working at a midwife facility in Albany.

She will pay more than $37,000 in restitution for the destroyed vaccines and faces up to five years in prison.