Man charged with stealing $48,000 hospital operating room bed

A 52-year-old Florida man has been charged with stealing a $48,000 hospital bed from Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater.



Lance James Sayre of Tampa is charged with grand theft and burglary of an occupied structure. He was arrested on Saturday and released after posting $15,000 bond.



Sayre, who was not a patient, hospital employee nor a vendor, entered the operating room area of the hospital just before 2pm on July 5, taking a Berchtold Operating Bed, valued at $47,945.97, according to Clearwater police.



He then wheeled it to the loading dock where he proceeded to load the bed into a white van.