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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Puerto Rico Nurse Charged in Opioid Diversion Case (2026)
2026
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Puerto Rico Puerto Rico |
Advanced practice nurse specializing in anesthesia (enfermera de practica avanzada especializada en anestesia) (Puerto Rico) | Fentanyl | Charge as worded in the source: eight counts: four for tampering with consumer products and four for acquiring a controlled substance by fraud | not stated | Charged (2026); charges are allegations, no conviction reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Utah Nurse Charged in Opioid Diversion Case (2026)
2026
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Utah Utah |
Registered nurse at an unnamed assisted living facility; Utah AG Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigation (Utah) | Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine | Charge as worded in the source: eight felonies: burglary; six counts of identity fraud; pattern of unlawful activity | not stated | Charged (2026); charges are allegations, no conviction reported in the source; license revoked | none documented | source |
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Nursing Director Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Fentanyl at Montana Health Center
2025-12-16
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Montana Jordan, Montana |
Director of Nursing, Garfield County Health Center, Jordan, MT | Fentanyl and other hospital-stock controlled substances | Tampered with vials in locked office — caps removed and replaced, or emptied — with counterfeit replacement labels and caps on hand | not stated | Pleaded guilty Dec. 16, 2025 to tampering with a consumer product; sentencing set for April 15, 2026 | none documented | source |
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Nurse Anesthetist Diverted Fentanyl Waste for Months While AI Surveillance Missed It (Erlanger Baroness)
2025-12
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Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Surgery center, Erlanger Baroness (Chattanooga, TN) | Fentanyl — leftover surgical waste | Diverted post-op waste, escalating to daily | not stated | Consent order 2025; license probation, no criminal charges | none documented | source |
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New Hampshire emergency department nurse pleaded guilty after keeping partial opioid doses
2025-12
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New Hampshire | Regional medical center in Keene, New Hampshire | Fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | not stated | Emergency department nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Emergency Room Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Fentanyl Vials at Michigan Hospital
2025-11-25
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Michigan Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan |
Registered nurse, emergency room, Ascension St. John Hospital, Grosse Pointe Park/Detroit, MI | Fentanyl | Removed fentanyl from vials, substituted another liquid, and returned tampered vials to locked drug storage; also stole vials outright for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced Nov. 25, 2025 to two years in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Anchorage Nurse Practitioner Sentenced for Prescribing Opioids Without Medical Purpose
2025-11-14
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Alaska Anchorage, Alaska |
not stated | Fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and diazepam | Prescribed the controlled substances to six patients between June 2016 and November 2018 without any legitimate medical purpose | Advanced Nurse Practitioner licensed to prescribe in Alaska | Convicted May 2025 — 10 felony second-degree and 2 felony third-degree counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance; sentenced Nov 14, 2025 to 3 years to serve plus 4 years probation | none documented | source |
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Nurse anesthetist at a Chattanooga hospital admitted diverting leftover fentanyl from surgeries, state consent order says
2025-11
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Tennessee Chattanooga, TN |
Erlanger Baroness Hospital (Erlanger Medical Center), surgery center | fentanyl | Admitted taking and abusing unused fentanyl that would otherwise have been wasted after surgical procedures, initially once or twice a week beginning in March 2025 and increasing to daily use by June 2025; coworkers reported the nurse appeared impaired while on duty in the surgery center on or around June 30, 2025, with slurred speech, extreme tiredness, swaying with eyes closed and head nodding; the nurse failed a drug test and was fired; a hospital audit found about five instances where the automated monitoring system did not flag missing drugs, plus additional inconsistencies between drug dispensing and waste documentation that should have been flagged. | not stated | Settled the Board of Nursing case by signing a consent order in November 2025; license placed on probation while attending drug counseling; not charged with any crime related to the case. | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.