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LeMars Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Fentanyl and Hydromorphone, Falsifying Patient Records
2026-07-09
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Iowa LeMars, Iowa |
Registered nurse / shift supervisor, healthcare facility (LeMars, IA) | Liquid fentanyl and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | Entered false narcotics orders claiming physician authorization, diverted the drugs for personal use, falsified or failed to complete related patient charting | not stated | Pleaded guilty Mar 9, 2026; sentenced Jul 9, 2026 to 30 months prison + $1,000 fine + 1 year supervised release | $1,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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VA medical center nurse pleads guilty to diverting and tampering with psychiatric patients' stimulant medications
2026-07
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Vermont White River Junction, VT |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction | amphetamine/dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate (Schedule II), replaced with hydroxyzine | Diverted controlled substances prescribed to psychiatric ward patients for her own use over a roughly eight-month period, removing amphetamine/dextroamphetamine from capsules, separating them and administering the empty or nearly empty capsules to patients; replaced the tablets with hydroxyzine to conceal her consumption of the diverted drugs, and acquired stimulants by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge. | not stated | Pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of diverting drugs and tampering with medications; plea agreement stipulates forfeiture of her nursing license and sentencing is scheduled. | none documented | source |
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Tampa Bay Nurse Sentenced to Two Years for Tampering with and Stealing Injectable Opioids
2026-06-11
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Florida Tampa, Florida |
RN, Tampa Bay area hospital | Morphine, hydromorphone, fentanyl (injectable) | Between Nov 2023 and Mar 2024, removed the drugs from their containers, replaced them with saline, and returned the containers to circulation for other patients while using the diverted drugs herself | not stated | Pleaded guilty Aug 6, 2025 to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced Jun 11, 2026 to 2 years federal prison | none documented | source |
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VA hospital psychiatric nurse diverted amphetamine/dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate and tampered with patient medications
2026-06
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Vermont White River Junction, VT |
Veterans Administration Medical Center in White River Junction | amphetamine/dextroamphetamine; methylphenidate; hydroxyzine | Diverted amphetamine/dextroamphetamine capsules from psychiatric patients, removed the regulated ingredients, and returned empty or nearly empty capsules to circulation; removed methylphenidate tablets and replaced them with hydroxyzine tablets for administration to patients; acquired amphetamine/dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate through fraud and deception. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to two felony counts; sentencing planned for Oct. 23; plea agreement capped the proposed sentence at 24 months, with a maximum penalty of 14 years and $500,000; agreed to forfeit a New Hampshire nursing license. | none documented | source |
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Indiana Emergency Nurse Sentenced Over Fentanyl Documentation Falsification
2026-05
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Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Parkview Hospital Randallia, Fort Wayne, IN | Fentanyl | In April 2024, while assigned to a patient in extreme pain, recorded in the dispensing system and a nursing app that fentanyl doses were given while her badge activity and other records showed she was not in the patient's room and the patient never received the medication; when confronted, denied taking the drug herself | not stated | Pleaded guilty to three of five charges; sentenced to two years in prison with two years suspended to probation, reported May 2026 | none documented | source |
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Montana Health Center Nursing Director Sentenced for Tampering With Fentanyl
2026-04-29
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Montana Jordan, Montana |
Nursing director, county health center (Jordan, MT) | Fentanyl and other controlled substances (liquid and tablet) | Removed and replaced vial caps, emptied containers, tampered with pharmacy med-room stock; found with tampering supplies in her office | not stated | Pleaded guilty Dec 2025 to tampering with consumer products; sentenced Apr 29, 2026 to 3 years probation | none documented | source |
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Chesapeake Hospital Nurse Pleads Guilty to Diverting Hydromorphone From Cancer and Sickle-Cell Patients
2026-04-24
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Virginia Chesapeake, Virginia |
Registered nurse, hospital serving sickle-cell and cancer comfort-care patients (Chesapeake, VA) | Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) from patient-controlled analgesia pumps | Used patients' identifying information to access an automated medication-dispensing/monitoring system, diverted hydromorphone, replaced vials with water or diluted solution | not stated | Pleaded guilty Apr 24, 2026 to obtaining controlled substances by fraud; sentencing scheduled Aug 27, 2026, faces up to 15 years | none documented | source |
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Former Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Redistributing Patients' Unused Opioid Pills
2026-04-13
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New York Auburn, New York |
Nurse practitioner, medical practice with offices in Auburn and Fulton, NY | Oxycodone and other prescribed controlled substances — 32g of oxycodone found Feb 22, 2022 | Collected unused prescribed drugs returned by patients (not authorized under federal law), redistributed them to other patients as loose pills without a prescription or medical documentation, without checking NY's I-STOP monitoring program | not stated | Pleaded guilty Apr 9, 2026 to possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute; sentencing set for Aug 18, 2026, plea agreement calls for 52 months + 3 yrs supervised release | none documented | source |
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