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NEW YORK — A volunteer emergency medical technician from Port Washington pleaded guilty Wednesday and admitted offering cash to an undercover investigator who he tried to pay to take a state certification exam for him, according to court records and Nassau County prosecutors.
Bernard Shore, 65, pleaded guilty Dec. 11 to amisdemeanor charge of official misconduct. He was sentenced Wednesday to a conditional discharged with several terms, including a condition that he never be certified as an EMT in New York again.
The 10-year veteran emergency medical technician, who was a volunteer critical care EMT with the Port Washington Fire Department, failed a state recertification exam last May. He applied through the state health department to retake the certification exam a few months later and posted an ad on Craigslist in June looking for a paramedic or critical care EMT to impersonate him and take the test, prosecutors said.
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