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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Denver VA and ER Nurse Tampered with Fentanyl Vials, Resealed with Skin Glue
2018-04-19
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Colorado Denver, Colorado |
VA Medical Center and a free-standing UCHealth ER (Denver, CO) | Hydromorphone, morphine, fentanyl | Took leftover waste doses; tampered fentanyl vials refilled with saline, resealed with skin glue | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Apr 19, 2018 to 14 months + 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Massachusetts Paramedic Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Ambulance Fentanyl
2017-06-22
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Massachusetts Rowley, Massachusetts |
Private ambulance company (Rowley, MA) | Fentanyl — ambulance patient supply, 650+ vials | Stole vials outright for personal use; separately withdrew fentanyl from patient-bound vials and replaced with saline | not stated | Pleaded guilty Jun 22, 2017; sentenced Nov 2017 to 30 months + 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Maryland Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Maryland Maryland |
Physician (Maryland) | Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone, methadone | Charge as worded in the source: conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine and methadone | not stated | Sentenced (2014) to 12 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Traveling Radiologic Technologist Sentenced for Fentanyl Diversion and Multistate Hepatitis C Outbreak — New Hampshire, 2013
2013-12-02
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New Hampshire Exeter, New Hampshire |
Exeter Hospital, NH, and hospitals in at least seven other states (traveling technologist) | Fentanyl | Stole fentanyl syringes, self-injected, replaced with saline-filled used syringes | not stated | Pleaded guilty to 8 counts; sentenced to 39 years in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Surgical Technician Diverts Fentanyl, Triggers Multistate Hepatitis C Outbreak — Colorado, 2010
2010-02-24
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Colorado Denver, Colorado |
Rose Medical Center (Denver, CO) and Audubon Surgery Center (Colorado Springs, CO) | Fentanyl | Stole patient-intended fentanyl syringes, self-injected, refilled syringes with saline | not stated | Sentenced to 360 months (30 years) in federal prison | $506,935 (restitution) | source |
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- Drug: stated in 858 of 931 cases (92%)
- Method: stated in 675 of 931 cases (73%)
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.