A US paramedic has been arrested and charged over the theft of a diamond ring from a woman who died during a medical emergency.
50-year-old Lisa Darlene Glaze is accused of stealing a single marquis cut diamond ring with a gold band from the hand of Gloria Robinson, who died after she was transported to CHI St Vincent Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Glaze, who works at the hospital, allegedly cut the ring from Robinson's hand during the incident on October 16, later sold the ring to a nearby pawn shop.
Authorities say that Robinson's family noticed that three rings were missing when her personal effects were given to them and confronted Glaze, who either "did not answer her or walked away", according to police.
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