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Boston medic pleads guilty to stealing drugs

He was sentenced to seven years of probation and required to quit the EMS service

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BOSTON — A former paramedic has pleaded guilty to stealing medications intended to be used by emergency care patients, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

Brian Benoit pleaded guilty to one count of larceny over $250 by continuing scheme for stealing morphine, fentanyl, lorazepa and midazolam from more than 100 vials and syringes.

He also pleaded guilty to 17 counts of manufacturing, distributing or possessing a counterfeit controlled substance and for substituting those medications with saline or other substances.

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