Home Fraud, Waste, Abuse Illinois Nurse Who Used Dead Patient’s Credit Card Sentenced to Probation Illinois Nurse Who Used Dead Patient’s Credit Card Sentenced to Probationadmin Dec 14, 2021 0 Comments Velma L. Copeland, the former Decatur nursing home charge nurse who went shopping with a dead patient’s credit card, took a plea deal Monday and was sentenced to 24 months’ probation.