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EMT mistaken for burglar, assaulted

A woman over 100-years-old activated a personal emergency device around 1 a.m. but the homeowner was unaware and thought he was being robbed; a female EMT sustained minor injures after a “physical altercation”

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BETHESDA, Md. — A Montgomery County, Md. emergency medical technician (EMT) was assaulted, early Saturday morning, while searching a home for an elderly patient who had called for help.

It happened at a home on Darby Road in the ritzy neighborhood called Bradley Hills Grove. A woman who neighbors say is over 100 years old activated a personal emergency device around 1:00 a.m. The company called for an ambulance, and one was dispatched from fire station #10 in nearby Cabin John.

As usual, a fire truck was also dispatched in case breaching tools were needed to enter the home. In this case, the emergency-alert company told firefighters how to enter the house through the front door. But that set off the home’s burglar alarm.

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