‘Bizarre, Belligerent Behavior’: Traveling Nurse Working In Grass Valley Arrested 3 Times In 2 Days
CBS Sacramento 3/6/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Sacramento
GRASS VALLEY (CBS 13) From the hospital to handcuffs. A traveling nurse was arrested three times in just two days due to a chaotic crime spree in Grass Valley.
Police identified the nurse as Nicholas Firestone and said he was involved in verbal fights, robbery and prowling.
A spokesperson for Dignity Health said Firestone was a traveling nurse from Pennsylvania working at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley.
On day one, Firestone’s bizarre behavior started at work, according to Grass Valley Police Sgt. Clint Bates. Bates got in a verbal fight with a security guard.
Nevada County Hospitals Receive First Shipment of COVID Vaccine
On Thursday morning Nevada County received the first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine which included 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. These first doses are being distributed to our two hospitals, Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee and Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley and will be used to begin vaccinating our front-line health care workers. This first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine represents a significant milestone, and congratulations are warranted to the community, our healthcare providers and Public Health for getting us this far.
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