A Florida nurse was arrested for allegedly stealing drugs from a patient’s IV infusion.
The Port St. Lucie Police Department announced the arrest of Leslie Ann Pope in a Facebook post shared on Monday, October 12, describing her alleged theft of a patient’s fentanyl while she was working in the Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s intensive care unit.
The investigation into Pope reportedly began when a patient’s family member observed her walking into the room and using a syringe to withdraw fluid from the patient’s IV fentanyl infusion. She then allegedly put the syringe in her pocket and left the room. The patient reported the incident to the hospital. Pope was not assigned to that patient’s room…