Fort Myers nurse gets 30 months in prison after pleading no contest to neglecting child in her care

FORT MYERS, Fla.

A Fort Myers nurse has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading no contest to charges related to failing to properly monitor a child in her care in Cape Coral.

An arrest report states that Sharlene Pflugrad was responsible for monitoring a child overnight on September 15, when his oxygen levels dropped. The child’s oxygen levels were not supposed to drop below 88%, but prosecutors said Pflugrad allowed the levels to drop as low as 79%…

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