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Showing 730 of 730 cases · page 17 of 92.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Detroit-area emergency room nurse pleads guilty to tampering with fentanyl vials
2025-05
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Michigan | Hospital emergency room in the Detroit area | Fentanyl (Schedule II) | not stated | Registered nurse (emergency room) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Southern Colorado pharmacy paid $250,000 to resolve allegations of years of unlawful controlled-substance dispensing
2025-05
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Colorado | Independent retail pharmacy in Trinidad, Colorado | Controlled substances (not specified in release) | not stated | Pharmacy operator (corporate entity) | not stated | none documented | source |
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New Haven retail pharmacy paid $192K over controlled substance recordkeeping failures
2025-04-24
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Connecticut | Community pharmacy on Dixwell Avenue, New Haven | Controlled substances generally | not stated | Retail pharmacy (DEA registrant) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Michigan Registered Nurse Summarily Suspended Over Canton Drug Diversion
2025-04-16
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Michigan Canton, Michigan |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Michigan Pharmacy Technician Surrenders License Over Westland Drug Diversion
2025-04-16
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Michigan Westland, Michigan |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Michigan Registered Nurse Summarily Suspended Over Chesaning Drug Diversion
2025-04-15
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Michigan Chesaning, Michigan |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Traveling Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Morphine at Massachusetts Rehabilitation Facility
2025-04-04
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Massachusetts Danvers, Massachusetts |
Traveling/contract registered nurse, nursing and rehabilitation facility, Danvers, MA (assignment Dec. 2021-May 2022) | Morphine | Diverted morphine from patient-assigned bottles and diluted the remaining liquid to disguise the theft; caught via a law-enforcement controlled operation comparing bottles before and after her shift | not stated | Pleaded guilty Nov. 2024 to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced April 4, 2025 to 3 months prison plus 2 years supervised release, barred from nursing or controlled-substance-access work | none documented | source |
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Nurse Anesthetist Sentenced for Diverting Fentanyl from ~50 Patients
2025-04-02
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Iowa Dubuque, Iowa |
Nurse anesthetist, hospital in Dubuque, IA (earlier diversion at a Platteville, WI hospital) | Fentanyl — diverted from nearly 50 patients Oct 2022-Jan 2023 | Diverted fentanyl for personal use, illegally accessed patient records and made false statements in them to make it appear fentanyl had been given to patients when it had not | not stated | Pleaded guilty Nov 13, 2024; sentenced Apr 2, 2025 to 3 months prison, 6 months home confinement, $5,000 fine, 3 yrs supervised release | $5,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Every case states When (date) and Where (state) — 730 of 730. Beyond that, a blank cell means the source record does not state that fact, not that it did not happen:
- Setting: stated in 649 of 730 cases (89%)
- Drug: stated in 657 of 730 cases (90%)
- Method: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%)
- Prosecution status: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%); a documented penalty (fine, settlement, or restitution) exists for 77 of 730 cases (11%)
- Role: stated in only 255 of 730 cases (35%) — filtering or sorting by role silently hides the rest of the registry, which may still describe the same role in prose without a structured field
Disclaimer
Case summaries are based on public records (DOJ press releases, court documents, news reports). Charges are allegations unless a conviction is noted. Analysis is educational, not legal advice.
Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.