Nurse pleads no contest to smuggling drugs into Lee County jail

FORT MYERS, Fla.- A nurse accused of smuggling drugs into the Lee County jail pleaded no contest in court on Monday.

Investigators say Robin Yanda snuck contraband into jail through diabetic snacks. Yanda and inmate Robert Loveland had nearly 300 phone conversations, talking about how she could sneak items into the jail for him, authorities said.

Yanda will be sentenced in June.

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