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Showing 186 of 730 cases · page 3 of 24.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Former Boston-Area ICU Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Fentanyl and Versed from Intubated Patient
2026-01-15
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Massachusetts Needham, Massachusetts |
ICU nurse, Boston-area hospital | Versed (midazolam) and fentanyl | On a July 16, 2022 overnight shift caring for an intubated, immobile ICU patient, checked out a bag of Versed and three bags of fentanyl without scanning them into the patient's medical records; found slumped over with three syringes in her pocket | not stated | Pleaded guilty Nov 2025 to unlawfully obtaining controlled substances by fraud; sentenced Jan 15, 2026 to 3 years probation + 100 hours community service | 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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Hospital lead pharmacy technician diverted Oxycodone by substituting Fludrocortisone during prepackaging for automated dispensing system
2025-11
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Maryland | a hospital in Prince George's County, Maryland | Oxycodone | Switched Oxycodone 5 mg tablets with Fludrocortisone 0.1 mg tablets during prepackaging to refill an automated medication dispensing system and entered zero-count refills to conceal the swap; admitted to personally ingesting the Oxycodone. | not stated | Registration revoked. | 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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Illinois hospital nurse fired over suspected opioid diversion loses federal discrimination appeal
2025-08-14
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Illinois | Acute care hospital | Two controlled opioids, including morphine, removed from a secure dispensing system | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Lakeland Nurse Sentenced to 5+ Years for Stealing Fentanyl at Five Tampa Bay Hospitals
2025-08-08
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Florida Lakeland, Florida |
Multiple hospitals, Tampa Bay area, FL | Fentanyl — IV bags and secure medication lockers | Diverted patients' IV fentanyl into a cup or locker, diluted a bag ~50% with saline, self-injected | not stated | Pleaded guilty Apr 28, 2025; sentenced to 5 years 3 months in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Travel Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Hydromorphone at West Virginia Hospital
2025-07-03
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West Virginia Beckley, West Virginia |
Travel nurse, Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV (employed Sept. 2021-Feb. 2022) | Hydromorphone | Used own biometrics and a patient's health information to open an automated medication dispensing/monitoring machine, siphoned off drug, diluted the remaining vial, and voided transactions to conceal the theft | not stated | Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and wrongful disclosure of health information; sentenced July 3, 2025 to 5 years prison; nursing license suspended indefinitely. Of the 5-year sentence, two years were for obtaining a controlled substance and three years for wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. | none documented | source |
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