A suburban Chicago woman faces up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to tampering with patients’ painkilling medications.
As the assistant director of nursing at a medical rehabilitation center, Sarah Diamond of Woodstock was responsible for dispensing medication to patients.
In July and August of 2021, Diamond removed portions of liquid morphine from bottles prescribed to patients and replaced the drug with another liquid, federal prosecutors say. She then allegedly administered diluted morphine to the patients, and kept the siphoned morphine for her own personal use.
“Diamond removed the morphine with reckless disregard and extreme indifference for the risk that the patients would be placed in danger of bodily injury,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago said in a news release Tuesday announcing developments in the case.
Diamond, who pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product, faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
A sentencing date has not been set.
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