By Lisa Backus
Journal Inquirer
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A woman who was kidnapped twice by former Bridgeport emergency medical technician Bradley Doyle is suing him, his parents and the ambulance company where they both worked, court documents show.
Doyle, 25, of Milford, is serving a nine-year sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree kidnapping and attempted first-degree burglary in connection with three incidents, two of them involving the woman who is suing him. Hearst Connecticut Media is not identifying the victim in the case.
Doyle was facing attempted burglary charges after he tried to force his way into a former girlfriend’s home in 2019 when he was hired by American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc. at its Bridgeport location, court papers filed in the lawsuit said.
The victim claims in the lawsuit that AMR failed to exercise “reasonable care” in hiring, training, supervising and retaining Doyle, who at the time had a “discoverable” criminal history involving “offenses against women.”
The suit also claims that Doyle’s parents, Chris and Sarah Doyle of Milford, failed to act to prevent the victim from the threat of harm in their home and during future incidents. Chris Doyle was a Milford police officer when his son’s arrests occurred.
Attorneys representing AMR, Bradley Doyle and his parents in the lawsuit did not immediate respond to a request for comment by phone and email Friday.
Criminal court papers in Doyle’s three arrest cases alleged that in February 2023 he held the victim hostage in his room for a period of time and his mother had to intervene to let her out. Sarah Doyle then asked the woman not to tell police that her son had held her hostage, criminal and civil court papers said.
About three weeks later, Doyle kidnapped the woman while toting a gun after she had finished her shift at AMR in Bridgeport, court papers said. The kidnapping led to a high-speed police chase through several towns that ended in the Middletown area with state police rescuing the woman and taking Doyle into custody.
In the prior case, Doyle showed up “smiling” with a gun and knife at the Wallingford home of a former girlfriend in August 2019 in an attempt to barge his way inside, criminal court papers said.
The woman’s father was able to slam the door on Doyle and prevent him from accessing the home as others called police, court documents stated.
Court papers filed by the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney said Doyle had a list of rules for the woman he dated in 2019, including what she could wear and with whom she could speak.
The Wallingford charges were transferred from New Haven, where the more serious cases from that town normally are heard, to New Britain because Doyle’s uncle is New Haven State’s Attorney John Doyle. Questions about the charges and John Doyle were directed to a spokesperson for the state Division of Criminal Justice, who confirmed the case was transferred to avoid a potential conflict of interest.
Doyle pleaded guilty in 2024 and was sentenced in June of that year to a total of nine years in prison followed by five years of probation.
The lawsuit contends that he and his parents are culpable for the kidnappings on several grounds, including negligence and recklessness. The woman suffered anxiety, severe emotional distress, fear for her life and physical injuries as a result of Doyle’s actions and the actions of his parents and AMR, and is seeking monetary and punitive damages, the lawsuit said.
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