Connecticut Post
MONROE, Conn. — An emergency medical technician told police he was advising a prisoner shackled in the back of an ambulance to “get a haircut and join the military,” when he lost his balance and accidentally hit the man in the forehead with his iPad.
However, police said Alejandro Ramirez’s version of the incident did not jive with either the patient’s or Ramirez’s partner’s account of what happened and the 44-year-old Ramirez was charged with third-degree assault.
He is free on a promise to appear pending arraignment in Bridgeport Superior Court on April 27.
Police said Robert Alix was being transported shackled and handcuffed to a stretcher in an ambulance from the Police Department to St. Vincent’s Medical Center for an emergency examination. While on route police said Alix claimed Ramirez struck him in the forehead with the iPad.
Ramirez’s partner, EMT Michael Suchinski told police he had been in the driver’s seat when he heard Ramirez and Alix exchange words in the back. Suchinski said Ramirez appeared to “Stoke Alix up by getting in Alix’s face and yelling at him,” police said.
Police said Suchinski had turned around and was looking into the back of the ambulance when he saw Ramirez grab Alix by the throat and then hit Alix in the head with the iPad.
With the ambulance stopped, police said Suchinski then went to the back and told Ramirez to get out and drive.
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