NYC nurse arrested for gassing up car with credit card stolen from dying coronavirus patient
A ghoulish Staten Island nurse swiped a credit card from a dying coronavirus patient in a hospital ventilator unit, using the pilfered plastic to callously purchase groceries and gas as he wasted away, authorities charged Thursday.
Danielle Conti, 43, used the pandemic as her personal piggy bank after allegedly stealing the charge card from 70-year-old widower Anthony Catapano while making her daily rounds at hard-hit Staten Island University Hospital North sometime in early April, authorities charge.
The Staten Island grandfather of a 12-year-old girl died on April 12 from COVID-19 complications.
“I can’t believe a person could do something like that to someone fighting for his life," said Tara Catapano, the dead man’s devastated daughter, as she choked up with emotion. "This is a nurse who took an oath to treat, protect and save patients. It’s disgusting ... Never in a million years did I expect any of this to happen.”
On April 9, when the nursing veteran allegedly rang up charges of $60.23, Staten Island hit its coronavirus peak with nearly 1,200 cases in a single day.
Cops said the card was used at a gas station. The victim’s daughter says another charge was made the same day at a ShopRite store.
“She is a despicable human being,” an outraged Tara Catapano told the Daily News. “How would she feel if somebody did this to her parents when they were gravely ill? I hope she gets what she deserves, and loses her license and her job."
Conti was charged with grand larceny and ordered to appear in Staten Island Criminal Court at a later date. She started working at Staten Island University Hospital in 2007, and a hospital spokesman said she was immediately suspended and faced possible termination over the charges.
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