Ex-Iowa Nurse Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Clinic Fentanyl

A former Cedar Rapids nurse has pleaded not guilty to federal charges after being accused of stealing the powerful painkiller fentanyl from a surgery clinic where she worked.

Sabrina Thalblum, 52, of Cedar Rapids, is charged with tampering and attempting to tamper with a consumer product, as well as acquiring and attempting to acquire a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge. She pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, The Gazette reported.