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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Stamford Nurse Tampered with Hydromorphone and Fentanyl Vials
2025-08-12
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Connecticut Stamford, Connecticut |
Outpatient surgical center, Stamford, CT | Hydromorphone + fentanyl vials | Extracted with syringe, refilled with saline/water, returned to storage | not stated | Sentenced Aug 12, 2025 — 5 months prison + 3 yrs supervised release + $5K fine | $5,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Pharmacist Sentenced for Diverting Controlled Substances From Mason City Pharmacies
2025-06-17
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Iowa Mason City, Iowa |
Pharmacist employed at three retail pharmacies in Mason City, IA, 2008-2023 | Codeine, phentermine, alprazolam, clonazepam, lorazepam, pregabalin, tramadol | Created unauthorized prescriptions in existing patients' names, falsified prescription and inventory records — mostly after hours — then filled and paid for the prescriptions herself | not stated | Pleaded guilty Feb. 7, 2025; sentenced June 17, 2025 to 1 month in federal prison plus 1 year supervised release | none documented | source |
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Facility Administrator Sentenced for Diverting Opioids From Five Senior-Care Facilities
2025-05-28
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Iowa Iowa |
Administrator, five nursing and senior living facilities, Iowa (Sept. 2021-Nov. 2022) | Fentanyl patches, hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone | Stole medications from facilities' narcotics emergency kits and locked medication carts and rooms | not stated | Sentenced May 28, 2025 to 3 years probation, a $5,000 fine, and $1,975.61 restitution | $5,000 (criminal fine) | 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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Contract Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Morphine at Kentucky Elder-Care Facility
2025-03-25
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Kentucky Lawrenceburg, Kentucky |
Contract registered nurse, elder/infirm-care health facility, Lawrenceburg, KY (Jan.-Aug. 2023) | Morphine | Stole morphine prescribed for three patients, replaced it with water and blue food coloring, and administered the tampered substance to at least one patient | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced March 25, 2025 to 60 months in federal prison plus 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Kentucky Nurse Sentenced Over Elder-Care Morphine Substitution
2025-03-24
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Kentucky Lawrenceburg, Kentucky |
Heritage Hall Rehab & Wellness Center, Anderson County (Lawrenceburg), KY | Morphine | On August 27, 2023, took morphine prescribed for three patients with significant disease and pain concerns and replaced it with water and blue food coloring made to resemble the real medication; took at least seven syringes of stolen morphine and administered the tampered substitute to at least one patient | not stated | Sentenced March 24, 2025, to 60 months in federal prison for tampering with a consumer product, plus three years of supervised release | none documented | source |
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Dedham Rehabilitation Center Nurse Tampered with Oxycodone Syringes
2024-09-17
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Massachusetts Dedham, Massachusetts |
Rehabilitation center for long-term chronic and post-acute care, Dedham, Massachusetts | Liquid oxycodone | Removed oxycodone from patient syringes, consumed it, and refilled syringes with water or saline before returning them to medication carts | not stated | Sentenced Sept. 2024 to three years of probation after pleading guilty to tampering with a consumer product | none documented | source |
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Jacksonville Surgical Center Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Hydromorphone
2023-10-03
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Florida Jacksonville, Florida |
Outpatient surgical center | Injectable hydromorphone | Emptied vials, refilled with saline, glued caps, and falsified administration records to conceal the theft | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product (Oct. 2023); sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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