HARTFORD, Conn. — A nurse from New York was sentenced in Hartford federal court Tuesday to five months imprisonment for stealing and tampering with vials of hydromorphone and fentanyl while working at a Stamford surgical clinic.

Kristen Carotenuto, 35, will have her prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release. She must also pay a $5,000 fine, according to a report from the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

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Court documents and statements revealed that Carotenuto was employed as a nurse at an outpatient surgical center in Stamford.

There, she was given access to a secure location used by the surgical team to store controlled

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