Overnight in-home nurse who silenced alarms on premature baby's oxygen machine, told them to 'shut up' learns her fate

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated crime & justice brief. The source report from Law & Crime says: Sharlene Pflugrad was sentenced to 30 months in a Florida prison for repeatedly silencing oxygen alarms instead of treating a medically fragile premature infant. The post Overnight in-home nurse who silenced alarms on premature baby's oxygen machine, told them to 'shut up' learns.

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• Primary source: Law & Crime
• Published: Sep 23, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC
• Coverage area: Crime & Justice
• Brimstone role: curated summary, explanation, and source attribution
• Topic signals: developing story metadata

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1. Source published: Sep 23, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC
2. Brimstone indexed: Added to the curated Brimstone feed and linked to related coverage.
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