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Showing 124 of 931 cases · page 16 of 16.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Hydromorphone via Drug Cabinet Login Credentials — Minnesota, 2012
2012-01-20
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Minnesota Minnesota |
Unnamed Minnesota hospital (automated dispensing cabinet access) | Hydromorphone | Used personal login credentials to withdraw the drug from automated dispensing cabinets | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years probation | none documented | source |
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Hospital Nurse Sentenced for Siphoning Dilaudid from Patients' IV Bags — Minnesota, 2011
2011-06-29
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Minnesota Coon Rapids, Minnesota |
Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids, MN | Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | Used a syringe to withdraw Dilaudid from patients' IV bags | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years probation | none documented | source |
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Former nurse pleads guilty to stealing hydromorphone from Mayo Regional Hospital
2010-11
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Maine Dover-Foxcroft, ME |
Mayo Regional Hospital | hydromorphone | stole about $8,000 worth of drugs from her employer, took the drugs, did not administer them to patients, injected them into her body to dull pain from a previous injury | not stated | pleaded guilty to Class C theft; sentencing continued; district attorney recommended two years in prison with all but 90 days suspended and two years of probation | none documented | source |
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Rochester nurse admitted diverting morphine and hydromorphone through fraudulent dispensing-cabinet entries
2001-11-09
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New York | not stated | Morphine and/or Dilaudid (hydromorphone) | Fraudulent withdrawals from an automated dispensing cabinet using patient identification numbers | Registered professional nurse (also held LPN license) | not stated | none documented | 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.