Long Island Nurse Arrested, Accused Of Stealing From Patient
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Nassau County police announced the arrest of a nurse they say stole credit cards from a patient at Plainview Hospital Thursday morning.
According to authorities, 39-year-old Renee Caporale of Oakdale removed credit cards from a male patient's wallet which was in the closet of his hospital room.
She proceeded to use the patient's credit cards to make several purchases, prompting the credit card companies to send fraud alerts to the victim.
According to police, Caporale was identified through surveillance video before she was arrested at Plainview Hospital Friday.
At the time of her arrest, she was in possession of cocaine, oxycodone, and suboxone.
Caporale is being charged with two counts of grand larceny in the fourth degree and one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.
She will be arraigned Saturday in First District Court.