The Bay City Times
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STANDISH, Mich. — An Arenac County judge ordered a Standish paramedic accused of molesting an incapacitated teen during ambulance transport to stand trial on four sexual misconduct charges.
Officials charged David Spresny, 42, with three first-degree sexual misconduct crimes. Each count contends that he penetrated a 16-year-old girl after she was injured at her birthday beach party near Alger.
A fourth felony charge alleges that Spresny fondled the teen during the trip. In all four counts, prosecutors say that Spresny assaulted the girl while she was strapped to a backboard, conscious, in the back of an ambulance en route to a Standish hospital.
Spresny’s employer of 11 years, Saginaw-based Mobile Medical Response, suspended the paramedic shortly after his July arrest.
Spresny maintains his innocence. He told police that did remove the victim’s bathing suit and used a towel to clean her during treatment. He also told police that he checked the victim’s tailbone for injuries.
Arenac District Judge Jack Scully, presiding Tuesday, ordered Spresny’s case to advance to Circuit Court for trial.
Scully ordered Spresny to appear at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, for arraignment. The former paramedic remains free after posting 10 percent of his $50,000 bond.