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UNION COUNTY, N.C. — A Union County paramedic was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly stealing pain medications on his ambulance.
Investigators say that 45-year-old Joey Reed Dahl injected himself with powerful painkillers like Morphine, Dilaudid, Fentanyl and Versed, and then replaced the syringes with a saline solution.
“You take those jobs not because they pay well, because they don’t pay well, but to help the other person. So if you’re replacing medications, that’s the lowest of the low,” said a man who did not want to be identified. He doesn’t know Dahl, but because of his medical history, he’s got plenty of experience with hospitals and emergency medicine.
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