By Ginger Adams Otis
New York Post
Copyright 2007 The New York Post
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island EMT was reassigned after a city inspector allegedly caught him fooling around with a woman in the back of an emergency bus, The Post has learned.
The discovery set off a round of finger-pointing about improprieties, but sources close to the EMT say he had done nothing wrong and was the victim of a setup.
The situation at Station 22 came to light Tuesday after the Department of Investigation inspector stopped by to get some gas and claims to have observed EMT Todd Bilgore, 39, escorting a woman into the back of an emergency response vehicle equipped with beds and cots.
The inspector reportedly decided to check on the duo after several minutes passed. According to sources, he claims to have found the two in the vehicle with the lights out.
Bilgore said he couldn’t discuss the allegations last night, adding, “I will be vindicated of any wrongdoing.”
His companion, Jaime Iandolo has since written a letter to the FDNY saying she and Bilgore are “only friends,” and nothing happened in the vehicle, EMS union sources said.
Bilgore had offered to show her around the station because she had expressed interest in becoming an EMT.
An FDNY spokesman would only say the incident is under investigation.
Sources said Bilgore was transferred to Brooklyn, stripping him of his plum daytime job as an aide to Division 5 Chief John Booth. The FDNY also issued a transfer for Booth, although a department source denied the move had anything to do with the Station 22 incident.
Additional reporting by Jim Fanelli.