WORCESTER — A local man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to tampering with oxycodone meant for hospice and memory care patients at a Fitchburg healthcare facility, federal prosecutors said.
Andrew Milgrim, 41, of Gardner, pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product.
U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman scheduled sentencing for Jan. 7, 2027. Milgrim was charged in July.
Prosecutors said Milgrim diverted oxycodone from patients in the skilled nursing and dementia care units of the facility between September 2024 and February 2025. He initially took 5-milligram oxycodone pills prescribed for patients on an as-needed basis and consumed them himself instead of administering the doses, according to prosecutors. He then began replacing the missing pills with loratadine, an allergy medication similar in appearance to the oxycodone tablets.
In January 2025, Milgrim also diverted 10-milligram oxycodone pills from an elderly memory care patient and replaced them with levothyroxine, a thyroid medication, prosecutors said.
The charge of tampering with a consumer product provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.
