Hudson Nursing Home Worker Accused Of Stealing From Patients

HUDSON, FL— A Hudson nursing home employee is accused of stealing jewelry, worth more than $20,000, from nursing home residents and then selling the jewelry to pawn shops in Pasco County.

Pasco County Sheriff's deputies said Jessica Campbell, 23, stole a ring, two bracelets and a necklace worth $20,000 from one of the residents of the Atria Nursing Home in Hudson on May 4, and then sold the items to Your Friend Ben's Pawn for $300.

This isn't her first theft from the nursing home, said deputies. They say she also stole a necklace worth $300 from a patient on April 1 and sold it to Estate Pawn.

Deputies said Campbell used a master key she wasn't supposed to have to enter the apartments of the nursing home residents while they were out.

On Wednesday, Campbell was arrested and charged with two counts of burglary, one count of grand theft and two counts of dealing in stolen property.