Search warrants show how WakeMed nurse was caught stealing fentanyl
FIVE-THIRTY. GREAT DANES ARE
JUST THE SWEETEST DOGS
>> NEWLY RELEASED COURT
DOCUMENTS REVEAL NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT A WAKEMAN
NURSE CHARGED WITH STEALING
FENTANYL WRAL'S CHELSEA DONOVAN
FOUND SEARCH WARRANTS THAT SHED
LIGHT ON HOW THE NURSE WAS
CAUGHT AND WHAT SHE TOLD
INVESTIGATORS.
>> KELLI ANN MAGUIRE, A CHARGE
NURSE AT WAKE MED NOT ONLY WAS
CHARGED WITH STEALING FENTANYL
WHILE ON THE JOB. SHE'S ALSO
ACCUSED OF USING IT WHILE AT
WORK, ACCORDING TO THESE NEW
SEARCH WARRANTS I OBTAINED ON
OCTOBER, 20TH WAKE-MED POLICE
MET WITH 2 OTHER NURSES WHO
SAID SHE WAS ACTING VERY ODD
AND THEY BELIEVED SHE WAS
DIVERTING MEDICINE. THEY SAID
MCGUIRE WAS RETREATING
MEDICATION, INCLUDING NARCOTICS
AND THEN NOT ADMINISTERING THEM
TO PATIENTS OR DISCARDING THEM.
PROPER PROTOCOLS, THE SEARCH
WARRANTS AS WAKE MED. POLICE
THEN REVIEWED HOSPITAL SECURITY
CAMERAS AND THE CAMERA SHOWED
THEM ACQUIRE, WENT INTO A
PATIENT'S ROOM WHEN SHE EXITED
THE ROOM, SHE COULD BE SEEN
PLACING SOMETHING IN HER
POCKET. PAPERWORK SAYS SHE
ENTERED A BATHROOM IN A
DIFFERENT PART OF THE HOSPITAL.
THAT'S WHEN POLICE SAW A
SYRINGE IN HER HAND. THEN SHE
EXITED THE BATHROOM, RUBBING
THE TOP OF HER LEFT HAND.
POLICE INTERVIEWED MCGUIRE WHO
HAD WORKED AT THE HOSPITAL MORE
THAN A DECADE. SHE TOLD
OFFICERS SHE EMBEZZLED THE
FENTANYL FROM AN ACTIVE
INFUSION OF LIQUID. I THE
FENTANYL BY THE PORT ON THE
BAG AND SHOWED POLICE THE MARKS
ON HER ARMS AND HANDS WHERE
SHE HAD INJECTED HERSELF WITH
THE LETHAL DRUG. POLICE SAY SHE
STOLE MORE THAN 25 MILLIGRAMS