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In 2015, a nurse at Children’s Medical Center Dallas stole 123 syringes of morphine, vials containing more than a half-gallon of fentanyl, and a variety of other drugs.

In 2017, two nurses at Medical City Plano pocketed more than a quart of fentanyl as well as sedatives and other painkillers.

In July 2018, a technician at Sundance psychiatric hospital in Garland pilfered 16 gallons of codeine cough syrup.

The Texas state nursing board revoked a nurse’s license after finding she had misappropriated morphine and other drugs from Promise Hospital in northwest Dallas in 2016. She later pleaded guilty to a drug-diversion charge. The hospital did not respond to repeated requests for comment about whether it reported the thefts to the state pharmacy board.

A nurse took dozens of drugs, including methadone and hydrocodone, from Parkland Hospital last year, state nursing board records show. Parkland did not report the theft to federal regulators or the state pharmacy board. A Parkland spokeswoman said that’s because initially it was unclear where the stolen drugs came from. The nurse later pleaded guilty

An employee at a Grand Rapids nursing facility kept more than 1,900 opioid tablets intended for clients for herself over two years, according to a state agency's investigation. The facility's clients sometimes went without pain medications as a result, according to the report. The investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Health Facility

Federal authorities have accused a northern Iowa nurse of stealing prescription drugs and violating federal patient confidentiality laws. U.S. District Court records says the 32-year-old is charged with obtaining and attempting to obtain controlled substances by fraud, deception and subterfuge; criminal violations of privacy law; and aiding and abetting. A criminal complaint says the accused

Mills pleaded guilty May 22 2018 in federal court to acquiring the drug fentanyl by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception and tampering with consumer products, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme’s office. Mills was fired from the hospital in March 2017 after a colleague discovered irregularities with the automated secure cabinet in which the hospital stores

Arkansas nurse with history of substance abuse loses license after pharmacy director found vials of Demerol that were tampered with.

A Sarnia nurse who stole fentanyl from operating rooms in the community’s hospital has been handed a conditional sentence including house arrest. In August 2017, Cartwright was a permanent part-time nurse — since his arrest placed on unpaid leave by Bluewater Health — pocketed a box of drugs from the hospital and denied knowing its