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An ICU nurse in Palm Beach County faces charges for allegedly stealing fentanyl and other medications from patients.
39-year old Leah Ann Parra was arrested yesterday after an investigation that began last August.
That's when officers with Atlantis Police reported to JFK Medical Center after the mother of a patient claimed to have seen Parra drawing medication from a vial and another nurse discovered it had been tampered with.
A search of Parra's bag turned up vials of Lorazepam and Benadryl and the woman admitted to the theft, stating she wanted to get help for her addiction and would report herself to the Board of Nursing.
Parra has been suspended pending results of urine and blood tests.