Carl Mancini, 43, of Wolcott, was sentenced to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tampering with and stealing infusion narcotics while he was employed as a pharmacist for a Connecticut company. Mancini was employed as a licensed pharmacist by a Connecticut company that prepared home or hospice care intravenous infusions for a variety of medical conditions, including pain management. Between approximately January and June 2019, Mancini accessed a secure area of his workplace and took vials of narcotics that were intended to be used to formulate infusion for patients. He used a syringe to withdraw the narcotics from the vials and reinjected saline into the vial so that it would appear as if the narcotics were not missing. In order to hide his tampering, Mancini used specialized crimping tools to reseal the vials. He then returned the vials to the secure area at his workplace. Mancini tampered with dozens of vials through this scheme. Laboratory testing of a sample of vials Mancini tampered with revealed that virtually all of the active drug had been removed and replaced with saline.
The investigation revealed that, in 2003, Mancini stole drugs from a previous employer, a pharmacy that provided pharmaceutical products to long-term care facilities. He was charged with state offenses, resigned, and received an adjudication under Connecticut’s accelerated rehabilitation provision. In 2007, Mancini wrote prescriptions for himself while working as a clinical pharmacist. He was again arrested on state charges, convicted, and received a one-year suspended sentence and two years of probation. As part of the resolution of his 2007 conviction, Mancini lost his pharmacist license and agreed never to apply for one again. However, he subsequently reapplied for, and received, his license.
