Drug diversion cases in Connecticut
23 documented cases, 2011–2026.
Figures are derived from the 730 case records collected on this site, not from official state totals.
Custodial sentences stated
Shortest: 5 months
Longest: 24 months (2 years)
2 prison or jail terms stated in 2 of 23 records. Probation, supervised release, home confinement and suspended terms are not counted.
Monetary penalties stated
Smallest: $2,000
Largest: $308,250
5 amounts in US dollars (civil settlements and penalties, criminal fines, restitution, forfeiture) in 5 of 23 records.
Drug classes involved
| Drug class | Records |
|---|---|
| Opioids | 13 |
| Other controlled substance | 6 |
| Benzodiazepines | 3 |
| Stimulants | 1 |
A record naming drugs from two classes counts in both.
Settings involved
| Setting | Records |
|---|---|
| Other / not classified | 8 |
| Hospital / health system | 7 |
| Retail pharmacy | 4 |
| Fertility / reproductive | 2 |
| Ambulatory surgery / OR | 1 |
| Long-term care | 1 |
Cases
Newest first
- Cheshire APRN Illegally Distributed Amphetamines and Benzodiazepines 2026-02-03 · Cheshire, Connecticut · Other / not classified
- Yale New Haven Hospital nurse sentenced to federal prison for lorazepam tampering 2025-10 · Hospital / health system
- Stamford Nurse Tampered with Hydromorphone and Fentanyl Vials 2025-08-12 · Stamford, Connecticut · Other / not classified
- New Haven retail pharmacy paid $192K over controlled substance recordkeeping failures 2025-04-24 · Retail pharmacy
- Yale New Haven Hospital Nurse Tampered with Lorazepam Vials 2024-12-11 · New Haven, Connecticut · Hospital / health system
- Berlin pain practice, physician and physician assistant settled claims over prescribing after inconsistent drug tests 2024-10-23 · Other / not classified
- VA Nurse Diverted Narcotics from Dying Veterans at West Haven VA 2024-09-12 · West Haven, Connecticut · Hospital / health system
- Hospital Pharmacy Technician Pleaded Guilty to Tampering with Hydromorphone 2024-04-30 · Norwich, Connecticut · Hospital / health system
- Connecticut Outpatient Clinic Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Fentanyl Vials 2022-09-22 · Hartford, Connecticut · Ambulatory surgery / OR
- Nurse Tampered with Fentanyl Vials at Yale Fertility Clinic 2021-05-25 · Orange, Connecticut · Fertility / reproductive
- Meriden pharmacy settled after DEA audit found 2,000-tablet controlled substance shortage 2021-03 · Retail pharmacy
- Connecticut fertility clinic nurse replaced fentanyl with saline, leaving patients in pain 2021-03 · Fertility / reproductive
- West Hartford long-term care pharmacy settled after alprazolam loss and 22,000-dose discrepancy 2020-06 · Retail pharmacy
- Connecticut Pharmacist Admits Tampering with Home-Infusion Narcotics 2019-12-13 · Wolcott, Connecticut · Retail pharmacy
- St. Francis Hospital Nurse Turned Off Infusion Pumps to Divert Narcotics 2019-08-14 · Hartford, CT · Hospital / health system
- Nursing Facility LPN Took Six Patients' Oxycodone 2019-08-14 · Glastonbury, CT · Long-term care
- Hartford Hospital Nurse Disciplined for Diverting Opiates 2019-07-17 · Hartford, CT · Hospital / health system
- Connecticut LPN placed on probation after Massachusetts license suspension for diverting opioids 2019-07 · Other / not classified
- Hartford hospital nurse placed on four-year probation for diverting opiates 2019-07 · Hospital / health system
- New Haven man pleaded guilty in fraudulent oxycodone prescription ring that used runners at Connecticut pharmacies 2016-06-16 · Other / not classified
- New Haven oxycodone ring used forged prescriptions and stolen prescriber identities 2016-06-16 · Other / not classified
- Four Connecticut pharmacy technicians charged with stealing and selling prescription drugs 2011-10-04 · Other / not classified
- West Hartford physician settled civil claims over prescriptions not dispensed to named patients 2011-04-20 · Other / not classified
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