{"id":425891,"date":"2026-10-12T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425891\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:04:07","slug":"icu-nurse-accused-of-taking-fentanyl-from-critically-ill-patient-at-psl-hospital-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425891\/","title":{"rendered":"ICU nurse accused of taking fentanyl from critically ill patient at PSL hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A family member\u2019s watch over a critically ill loved one led to the arrest of an ICU nurse accused of taking fentanyl from the patient\u2019s IV infusion at Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital<\/a>, Port St. Lucie police said.<\/p>\n

Port St. Lucie police <\/a>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\u2019s intensive care unit.<\/p>\n

Investigators said a family member saw Pope use a syringe to withdraw fluid from the patient\u2019s fentanyl infusion, place the syringe in her pocket and leave the room. Police said Pope was not assigned to care for that patient.<\/p>\n

The following evening, police said Pope returned to the patient\u2019s room and approached the IV equipment again. This time, a family member intervened, and detectives later reviewed video that they said showed Pope manipulating protective caps on the equipment.<\/p>\n

See also: No lawyer, no law degree: Port St. Lucie man takes on Flock cameras in federal court<\/a><\/p>\n

Investigators said they were unable to establish whether additional medication was removed during the second encounter.<\/p>\n

According to police, the investigation included witness interviews, hospital surveillance video, medical and administrative records, medication transaction reviews and coordination with the Drug Enforcement Administration.<\/p>\n

Pope was arrested in Jupiter with help from the Palm Beach Marshals Task Force. She faces the following felony charges:<\/p>\n

Grand theft of a controlled substancePossession of a controlled substance without a prescriptionFraudulently obtaining a controlled substance<\/p>\n

The case remains active. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A family member\u2019s watch over a critically ill loved one led to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-425891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}