A former nurse has pleaded guilty to tampering with liquid oxycodone syringes at a local rehabilitation center. Jaclyn McQueen, 44, of Dedham, pleaded guilty on Jan. 5, 2024 in federal court in Boston to one count of tampering with a consumer product. U.S. District Court Judge Julia E. Kobick scheduled sentencing for April 4, 2024. McQueen was charged by Information on Dec. 7, 2023. McQueen was employed as a registered nurse at a rehabilitation center in Dedham that provided long-term chronic and post-acute care to patients. In her capacity as a nurse, McQueen had access to oxycodone, a Schedule II narcotic, prescribed to patients at the rehabilitation center. From approximately February through May 2020, she removed liquid oxycodone from syringes intended for use by patients, consumed the oxycodone herself and refilled the syringes with saline to avoid detection. McQueen returned the diluted syringes to the medication carts where they could have been administered to patients.
