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Florida woman arrested after taking 7 ambulance trips in 26 hours

Kimberly Keener (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)
Kimberly Keener (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)
By Ryan DiPentima
Feb 16, 2017

A Florida woman’s tour of seven hospitals in 26 hours ended in an arrest.

According to the Smoking Gun, 40-year-old Kimberly Keener was transported to seven different hospitals by ambulance in a 26-hour period that began early on February 9. Investigators believe that Keener attempted to obtain a prescription pain medication by calling 911 several times and accepting the trips to Pinellas County hospitals from Sunstar Paramedics.

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The Bradenton resident was arrested on Friday at St. Petersburg General Hospital and charged with misuse of the 911 system and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, though court documents don’t mention whether her plot to obtain the drugs was successful.

Read more at the Smoking Gun.

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