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Carlsbad Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to Stealing Oxycodone
2016-12-20
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New Mexico Carlsbad, New Mexico |
Southwest Pharmacy (Carlsbad, NM) | Oxycodone — approximately 20,344 tablets alleged stolen over the employment period | Pharmacy technician took pills directly from stock bottles for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty Dec 20, 2016 to misdemeanor unlawful possession of a controlled substance | $1,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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New Mexico pharmacy technician pleaded guilty after oxycodone theft report from Carlsbad pharmacy
2016-12-20
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New Mexico | Retail pharmacy in Carlsbad, Eddy County | Oxycodone tablets | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Casper physician suspended over alleged excessive painkiller prescriptions and oxycodone conspiracy
2016-12
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Wyoming Casper, WY |
Casper, WY | oxycodone, methadone, fentanyl, hydrocodone, phentermine, hydromorphone, tramadol, testosterone cypionate | The board found the physician prescribed high amounts of oxycodone, methadone, and fentanyl to one patient and may have conspired to acquire a scheduled drug by deception for use by someone other than that patient; prescribed controlled substances to a patient with whom he was in a relationship and may have obtained them by fraud; and increased and decreased oxycodone doses for another patient, which the board said could be careless disregard or conspiracy to acquire a narcotic by fraud. | not stated | Wyoming Board of Medicine summarily suspended the physician's license until a formal complaint and hearing; the physician was arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. | none documented | source |
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Illinois nursing home nurse diverted hydrocodone by falsely recording resident requests
2016-10-17
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Illinois | Long-term care facility in Belleville, Illinois | Hydrocodone (Schedule II opioid) | not stated | Nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Employee Charged with Forging Oxycodone Prescriptions
2016-10-12
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District of Columbia Washington, DC |
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. | Oxycodone | Allegedly used a nurse practitioner's blank prescription pad to forge and fill oxycodone prescriptions in eight instances, obtaining about 600 pills | not stated | Indicted on eight counts of distribution and eight counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud | none documented | source |
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Illinois emergency room nurse diverted hydromorphone from Pekin hospital
2016-10-06
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Illinois | Hospital in Pekin, Illinois | Hydromorphone (Schedule II opioid) | not stated | Emergency room nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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New Jersey hospital nurse reprimanded after hydromorphone ampules found tampered with
2016-10
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New Jersey | Hospital (community medical center) | Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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DC hospital administrative assistant indicted over forged prescriptions for 600 oxycodone pills
2016-10
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District of Columbia | University hospital in Washington, DC | Oxycodone (about 600 pills alleged) | not stated | Administrative assistant (former hospital employee) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.