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By Jeremy Finley
WSMV
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A longtime Nashville paramedic was getting a paycheck from the city, but he wasn’t on the job, on leave or vacation. Instead, he was in a cell at the Rutherford County Jail, and even his bosses didn’t know what was going on.
Robert Plummer had a recent, serious criminal conviction he had never told his bosses about, and when the Channel 4 I-Team dug deeper, it turns out there is a lot Plummer hadn’t told the Nashville Fire Department.
Plummer had earned a good reputation as a paramedic for Nashville Fire for nine years. So, when he went on an undisclosed, extended medical leave last May, his bosses in the city figured he was recuperating. He was spending a lot of time lying around, but it just wasn’t at home. He was serving a sentence for domestic assault.
Full story: Nashville paramedic serves jail time but bosses don’t know