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Nurse accused of selling stolen prescription drugs

Posted at 12:39 PM, May 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-24 12:39:16-04

An intensive care unit nurse at J.F.K. Medical Center in Atlantis is facing drug charges in St. Lucie County.

The sheriff's office arrested 36-year-old Amanda E. Ingersoll of Port St. Lucie. They accuse her of selling prescription morphine drugs without a license.

“We believe that she stole the drugs from her employer and then sold them in various forms and quantities," said St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken J. Mascara in a statement.

The sheriff's office charged her with two counts of selling or distributing an opium or opium derivative, two counts of dispensing drugs without a prescription, one count of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

She was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail.