Crime & Safety
Norwich Pharmacy Tech Pleads Guilty To Tampering Charges: Feds
A pharmacy technician at a Norwich hospital was accused of taking medication for her own use then replacing it with saline.
NORWICH, CT — A pharmacy technician at Backus Hospital pleaded guilty to charges that she tampered with pain medications at her workplace, according to a statement from federal prosecutors.
Tiffany Moss, 34, of Montville, pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product. She could spend up to 10 years in prison for the crime.
Moss was a pharmacy technician at Backus Hospital in Norwich. She used her employee ID badge to access the secure storage area at the hospital Jan. 11.
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She removed three bags that contained a solution of hydromorphone, took a portion of the solution from each bag for her own use, and replaced the portion she took with saline.
She then returned the bags to the storage area in a location where they could be distributed for patient use, prosecutors said.
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Moss is released on a $50,000 bond. She is prohibited from working in any location with access to narcotics while awaiting sentencing.
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