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DALLAS (Dec. 11) - They answer the call 24-7, often risking their own
safety to rescue the sick and injured and rush them to the hospital.
But some paramedics have been more predator than hero.
Over the past 18 months, at least 129 ambulance attendants across the
U.S. have been accused of ***-related crimes on duty or off, an
investigation by The Associated Press found. Some of them molested
patients in the back of an ambulance.
'A Dream Job for a Sexual Predator'Mutmomah county Sheriff's Office /
AP4 photos This Oregon paramedic is serving a five-year prison
sentence after pleading guilty to inappropriately touching female
patients in the backs of ambulances. But Lannie Haszard, 62, is not a
unique kind of criminal. An investigation found that at least 129
ambulance attendants across the country have been accused of ***-
related crimes in the past 18 months, some while on duty.(Note: Please
disable your pop-up blocker)
"It's a dream job for a sexual predator," said Greg Kafoury, a
Portland, Ore., lawyer who represents three women who were groped by a
paramedic. "Everything is there: Women who are incapacitated, so
they're hugely distracted. Medical cover to put your hands in places
where, in any other context, a predator would be immediately
recognized as such."
Across the U.S., emergency medical technicians have been accused in
recent months of such crimes as rape, soliciting minors over the
Internet and possession of child ****, according to an AP survey of
the state agencies that oversee those professions.
Exactly how many of these EMTs were alleged to have committed their
crimes on the job is unclear. But some of more shocking cases include:
? A Standish, Mich., paramedic sent to prison in March for molesting a
girl who was on her way to the hospital after she was injured at her
15th birthday party.
? A Pinellas County, Fla., paramedic arrested in July after he
allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in an ambulance en route to a
hospital.
? A Chester County, Pa., paramedic sentenced in July to up to 20 years
in prison for engaging in *** and providing alcohol to teenagers he
befriended through their interest in emergency medical service.
? A Copperas Cove, Texas, paramedic awaiting trial in January on
charges he exposed and touched an 18-year-old accident victim's
******* while pretending to tend to her injuries.
? A Chattanooga, Tenn., EMT accused in a lawsuit of giving a 30-year-
old woman an extra dose of morphine and then completely undressing her
in the back of an ambulance even though her injuries were minor.
State health officials in 23 states reported receiving ***-related
complaints involving EMS workers. New York reported the most
complaints ? 17. Thirteen of the complaints were substantiated and
resulted in workers losing their certification. Texas reported 13
complaints, Massachusetts 11 and Virginia 10. No breakdown was
immediately available showing how many of those allegations involved
sexual misconduct on the job.
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i'm a pretty ***** guy. but i don't think anything above limp could be
achieved when someone is in dire enough straights to be in an
ambulance. i get all attached to people over sexually "sticky"
situations. if i mustered up the gall to drug or trick a hospital
bound victim into *** with me, i'd probably end up visiting in the
hospital and sending cards and thinking there was a special
connection. i'd prolly be the most polite rapist of all time.
- bax
safety to rescue the sick and injured and rush them to the hospital.
But some paramedics have been more predator than hero.
Over the past 18 months, at least 129 ambulance attendants across the
U.S. have been accused of ***-related crimes on duty or off, an
investigation by The Associated Press found. Some of them molested
patients in the back of an ambulance.
'A Dream Job for a Sexual Predator'Mutmomah county Sheriff's Office /
AP4 photos This Oregon paramedic is serving a five-year prison
sentence after pleading guilty to inappropriately touching female
patients in the backs of ambulances. But Lannie Haszard, 62, is not a
unique kind of criminal. An investigation found that at least 129
ambulance attendants across the country have been accused of ***-
related crimes in the past 18 months, some while on duty.(Note: Please
disable your pop-up blocker)
"It's a dream job for a sexual predator," said Greg Kafoury, a
Portland, Ore., lawyer who represents three women who were groped by a
paramedic. "Everything is there: Women who are incapacitated, so
they're hugely distracted. Medical cover to put your hands in places
where, in any other context, a predator would be immediately
recognized as such."
Across the U.S., emergency medical technicians have been accused in
recent months of such crimes as rape, soliciting minors over the
Internet and possession of child ****, according to an AP survey of
the state agencies that oversee those professions.
Exactly how many of these EMTs were alleged to have committed their
crimes on the job is unclear. But some of more shocking cases include:
? A Standish, Mich., paramedic sent to prison in March for molesting a
girl who was on her way to the hospital after she was injured at her
15th birthday party.
? A Pinellas County, Fla., paramedic arrested in July after he
allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in an ambulance en route to a
hospital.
? A Chester County, Pa., paramedic sentenced in July to up to 20 years
in prison for engaging in *** and providing alcohol to teenagers he
befriended through their interest in emergency medical service.
? A Copperas Cove, Texas, paramedic awaiting trial in January on
charges he exposed and touched an 18-year-old accident victim's
******* while pretending to tend to her injuries.
? A Chattanooga, Tenn., EMT accused in a lawsuit of giving a 30-year-
old woman an extra dose of morphine and then completely undressing her
in the back of an ambulance even though her injuries were minor.
State health officials in 23 states reported receiving ***-related
complaints involving EMS workers. New York reported the most
complaints ? 17. Thirteen of the complaints were substantiated and
resulted in workers losing their certification. Texas reported 13
complaints, Massachusetts 11 and Virginia 10. No breakdown was
immediately available showing how many of those allegations involved
sexual misconduct on the job.
----------->
i'm a pretty ***** guy. but i don't think anything above limp could be
achieved when someone is in dire enough straights to be in an
ambulance. i get all attached to people over sexually "sticky"
situations. if i mustered up the gall to drug or trick a hospital
bound victim into *** with me, i'd probably end up visiting in the
hospital and sending cards and thinking there was a special
connection. i'd prolly be the most polite rapist of all time.
- bax