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DEVELOPING: Naughty “Nurse” Possibly Hooked on PainKillers Cuts Patient’s IV to Steal Drugs

NewsBreakerApr 25 '13

Reuters) - Seattle police call it one of the boldest attempted drug thefts they have seen: A woman impersonating a nurse, apparently addicted to painkillers, crept through the hospital rooms of patients and tried to steal medication from their IV machines."It's pretty unusual, pretty brazen," Seattle police spokeswoman Renee Witt said on Wednesday. "It really shows how desperate this woman is and how powerful addiction can be."Police are looking for the woman who, dressed in a shirt that resembled scrubs and wearing clogs on her feet, entered a man's room at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle on April 13 and began fiddling with his pain medication IV machine. Host @DavidBegnaud delivers breaking news and today's trending buzz in 45 seconds.