Girl arrested for impersonating nurses at a number of LA hospitals

A lady is going through felony fees after she allegedly was employed as a nurse at a number of California hospitals utilizing “quite a lot of false identities” regardless of not having a nursing license, in response to the Burbank Police Division.

Amanda Leeann Porter, 44, allegedly impersonated a registered nurse at Windfall Saint Joseph Medical Middle in Burbank. She allegedly utilized for and obtained a nursing job on the medical middle and was overseeing about 60 sufferers from April 8 to Might 8, in response to police.

Hospital employees then quickly found she was impersonating an actual registered nurse who lived out of state, in response to police.

By the point she was terminated from the hospital, she had acquired two paychecks, police stated.

She doesn’t maintain a nursing license and is on federal probation for a fraud violation dedicated in Virginia, police stated.

Throughout their investigation, police found she had beforehand obtained employment with varied native hospitals utilizing quite a lot of false identities, police stated.

Porter was arrested on Nov. 7 after she bonded out of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s custody for the same act dedicated at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, police stated.

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s Workplace charged Porter with felony id theft, felony false impersonation and felony grand theft.

She was arraigned on Wednesday and is presently being held with out bail on the Los Angeles County Central Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, police stated.

Police consider she might have dedicated related offenses within the Southern California space over the previous 12 months and are asking anybody with data to return ahead.