New Milford Nurse Gets 2 Years Probation for Stealing Percocet and Dilaudid from Hospital

NEW MILFORD, CT — The Connecticut State Nursing Board gave registered nurse Amy B. Tagg of New Milford two years of probation of after she admitted stealing Percocet and Dilaudid for personal use in 2011 from Danbury Hospital, according to a report on Connecticut Health Investigative Team.

She also admitted to excessively using Focalin, a stimulant, in 2015.

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Other nurses who had their licenses cited are as follows:

• RN Gregory Klimaytis of Redding, after charges that he violated probation by failing to do drug tests. In 2013, Klimaytis' license was put on probation for four years after he admitted to stealing a painkiller, abusing alcohol and falsifying record.
• RN Samantha Angelini of East Granby, pending a hearing for the alleged abuse of Ritalin, Adderall, Percocet, marijuana, Suboxone, alcohol and cocaine in 2013 and 2014.
• RN Dawn C. Palmer of Danielson, pending a hearing on charges that she violated probation by testing positive in 2016 for opiates.
• LPN Dorsey Saunders, of Bridgeport signed a consent order for four years probation. Saunders admitted that she stole and abused oxycodone and fentanyl in 2015.

Read the full report on Connecticut Health Investigative Team here.