Nurse From Madison Pleads Guilty To Tampering With Fentanyl: Feds

MADISON, CT —A nurse from Madison pleaded guilty to a federal charge of tampering with vials of fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.

Bryan Wilson, 39, waived his right to be indicted, federal prosecutors said. He entered the guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Hartford Thursday.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Wilson worked for The Vascular Experts, a Connecticut company that performs outpatient medical procedures. As part of his nursing duties, he was responsible for sedating patients and had access to the secure area in his workplace that contained vials of drugs used as anesthetics, including fentanyl, prosecutors said.

In August and September 2021, federal prosecutors said Wilson took vials of fentanyl "that were intended to be used to formulate infusion for patients," and used a syringe to withdraw the fentanyl from the vials. He then re-injected saline into the vials so that it would appear as if none of the narcotics were missing, a statement from the U.S. Attorney reads.

Wilson, who was released on bond, will be sentenced May 5 and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.

He has surrendered his nursing license, prosecutors said.

The FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations, the DEA’s Hartford Diversion Control Division and the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, Drug Control Division, investigated.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray Miller is the prosecutor.