A nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital has been placed in federal custody after she allegedly recorded videos making threats to Vice President Kamala Harris.
According to the arrest affidavit, 39-year-old Niviane Petit Phelps, a Miami Gardens resident, has been charged in federal court with making threats to kill Harris.
Niviane Petit Phelps has worked at the hospital since 2001, reportedly then sent the videos to her husband who is in prison in Crawfordville, Fla., according to court documents.
In the videos, Phelps is seen “complaining and speaking angirly to the camera about her hatred for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, among others,” the complaint said.
But in February, Phelps began to make statements about killing Harris, the complaint said.
A now suspended @JacksonHealth nurse is accused of threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, getting a concealed carry permit & practicing at the range for this crime. The Secret Service arrested her Thursday. Here is some of the criminal complaint. @wsvn pic.twitter.com/7ClXcQ15Lp
— Sheldon Fox-7 News (@fox_sheldon) April 16, 2021
“Kamala Harris you are going to die. Your days are numbered already. Someone paid me $53,000 just to f— you up and I’m gonna take the, I’m gonna do the job, okay,” Phelps said in one video, according to the complaint.
In another, she talks about going to a shooting range, according to the complaint.
“I’m going to the gun range, just for your ass, until you f—in leave the chair,” she allegedly said.
The complaint said investigators also found a photo that showed Phelps at a shooting range, holding a pistol and smiling next to a target with bullet holes.
Phelps also applied for a concealed weapons permit in February, the complaint said.
Phelps later told investigators she was angry about Harris becoming vice president but was “over it now,” the complaint said.
In a statement, Jackson Health said Phelps has worked for them since 2001, spending the past couple years as a licensed practical nurse at the Ambulatory Care Center West at Jackson Memoria Medical Center.
“She has been suspended without pay while we process her employment termination,” the hospital system’s statement read.
Heroeia Petit, Phelps’ mother, told NBC 6 that her daughter is “sick” and “she doesn’t even know what she’s doing.” She hopes the charges can be dropped.
“Don’t punish her … ’cause she listened to what people tell her,” Petit said. ” … She’s desperate. She don’t got nothing to do. Her husband’s been in jail 10 years, two children. The house, she lost everything.”
Source: News agencies
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