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Showing 151 of 730 cases · page 15 of 19.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Iowa Nursing Home Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Patients' Pain Medication
2020-01-28
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Iowa Manchester, Iowa |
Nursing home (Manchester, IA) | Hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone, codeine, tramadol | Took pills from 14+ patients by deception; diluted liquid morphine with mouthwash | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Jan 28, 2020 to 4 years | $593 (restitution) | source |
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Haverhill Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Hospice Patient's Morphine
2019-12-18
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Massachusetts Amesbury, Massachusetts |
Nursing home / hospice care facility | Morphine sulfate | Nurse extracted morphine from a hospice patient's prescribed bottles for personal use and replaced it with cough syrup to mask the theft | not stated | Sentenced to 54 months in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Air-Evacuation Paramedic Tampered with Fentanyl and Ketamine Vials
2019-12-09
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Oklahoma Weatherford, Oklahoma |
Emergency air-evacuation service (Weatherford, OK) | Fentanyl and ketamine vials | Removed drug from vials, replaced with sterile saline | not stated | Sentenced Dec 9, 2019 — 6 months + 3 yrs supervised release | none documented | source |
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Chicago Pharmacy Technician Sentenced for Stealing 56,000 Hydrocodone Pills
2019-11-20
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Illinois Chicago, Illinois |
Pharmacy technician, Allcare Discount Pharmacy (Chicago, IL) | Hydrocodone — approx. 56,108 pills | Stole pills with a co-defendant, falsified inventory records to conceal the theft, sold the pills for profit | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Nov 2019 to 5 years in federal prison | $250,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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ICU Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Fentanyl at Parker Adventist Hospital
2019-11-13
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Colorado Parker, Colorado |
ICU, Parker Adventist Hospital (Parker, CO) | Fentanyl — dispensing-cabinet cassettes | Used the automated dispensing cabinet to access fentanyl, withdrew it with a syringe and saline flushes, sometimes reinjected saline into the cassette to conceal the theft; flagged by an April 2018 audit for high fentanyl use/waste | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Nov 13, 2019 to 44 months in federal prison | none documented | source |
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St. Vincent Healthcare Nurse Swapped Patient's Pain Pills for Acetaminophen
2019-10-29
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Montana Billings, Montana |
St. Vincent Healthcare (Billings, MT) | Hydrocodone (patient's prescribed pain pills) | Swapped patient's hydrocodone pills for over-the-counter acetaminophen | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Oct 29, 2019 to 4 years' probation | none documented | source |
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Queens Supervising Pharmacist Sentenced for Filling Forged Oxycodone Prescriptions
2019-08-30
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New York Richmond Hill, Queens, New York |
Retail pharmacy | Oxycodone 30 mg tablets | Supervising pharmacist knowingly filled forged prescriptions and sold additional pills for cash outside any valid prescription | not stated | Sentenced to 4 years in prison; pharmacist license surrendered | none documented | source |
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Wausau Physician Pleads Guilty to Diverting Fentanyl Patches from Patients
2019-07-18
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Wisconsin Wausau, Wisconsin |
Hospital-affiliated family practice clinic | Fentanyl patches | Physician prescribed fentanyl patches to patients without medical need and had them return the filled patches to him for personal use | not stated | Guilty plea; sentencing pending at time of report | none documented | source |
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