PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A family member’s watch over a critically ill loved one led to the arrest of an ICU nurse accused of taking fentanyl from the patient’s IV infusion at Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, Port St. Lucie police said.
Port St. Lucie police arrested Leslie Ann Pope, 54, of Jupiter, on Oct. 8 after an investigation into allegations that she allegedly removed fentanyl while working in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
Investigators said a family member saw Pope use a syringe to withdraw fluid from the patient’s fentanyl infusion, place the syringe in her pocket and leave the room. Police said Pope was not assigned to care for that patient…