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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Registered nurse signed out extra OxyContin, Percocet, and oxycodone not given to residents and forged a narcotic sheet
2011-01
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Alaska | Long-term care facility for residents (not named in the Alaska board summary) | OxyContin, Percocet, oxycodone | signed out extra doses not given to residents and forged another registered nurse's initials on a narcotic sheet | not stated | consent agreement with five years probation, chemical dependency treatment, random drug screening, and employment restrictions | 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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New Jersey physician's license revoked for prescribing Percocet without medical justification
2010-10-12
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New Jersey | Private medical office, North Wildwood | Percocet (oxycodone/acetaminophen) | not stated | Osteopathic physician (pain management) | not stated | 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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Tulsa hospital pharmacy operator paid civil penalty after employees stole hundreds of thousands of hydrocodone and alprazolam doses
2010-02-19
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Oklahoma | Two hospital pharmacies in Tulsa run by an outside pharmacy management company | Hydrocodone, alprazolam and phentermine | not stated | Pharmacy employees, including one responsible for invoices and medication purchasing | not stated | none documented | source |
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Nevada pharmacy technician refilled hydrocodone prescriptions for herself; registration revoked
2007-02-22
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Nevada | Pharmacy (employer not named in report) | Hydrocodone | not stated | Pharmaceutical technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Nursing home nurse took Percocet from a resident's medication supply for personal use
2005-06
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Maine Kennebunk, ME |
Kennebunk Nursing Center | Percocet | Took 72 Percocet pills from a resident's supply of medication under the guise of medicating the resident, taking the pills for her own use, between February 7, 2004 and May 8, 2004. | not stated | Found guilty by a York County Superior Court jury; sentenced to 9 months in jail with all but 5 days suspended, plus two years of probation with random searches and drug testing. | none documented | source |
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Utah Prescriber Faces License Action Over Opioid Diversion (2005)
2005
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Utah Utah |
Prescriber - dentist (D.D.S.) (Utah) | Fentanyl, meperidine | Charge as worded in the source: Unlawful Possession or Use of a Controlled Substance, to wit: Demerol, a felony of the third degree | not stated | Pleaded guilty; licensing action (2005) | none documented | source |
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- Method: stated in 675 of 931 cases (73%)
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.