Prison
California legislation proposes former inmates as emergency medical technicians
Community paramedics placed within a correctional facility increase the level of services provided by the health care team and potentially reduce overall health care costs
Involuntary manslaughter charges were filed against police Sgt. Ronald Buckley and paramedics Matt Dicosola and Leah Maynard in the death of inmate William Marshall
Jason Laut was sentenced to 9 years in prison for stealing fentanyl and morphine from ambulances
Jacqueline Wein was sentenced 15 months to three years in state prison for biting the hand of a paramedic who was helping to transport her
Adam Zaharick was sentenced to 1 to 4 years in state prison for stealing an ambulance outside an emergency department and driving it to a drug store
Lee County EMS spent more than seven hours at the Lee Correctional Institution, treating various injuries such as stab wounds, cuts and bruises
Taaron Bragg was sentenced to three years for shooting off-duty EMT Camilo Senchyna-Beltran in 2014, and 10 years for carrying a firearm
Walton County Sheriff’s Office said the EMS providers will respond to emergencies, evaluate new inmates and transport patients to medical facilities
The deputy collapsed while supervising a work detail; six of the inmates immediately started to render aid
Six inmates jumped into action after the officer passed out during work detail
The problem forced medics to divert to a route that added at least a few minutes to get to the inmate in the bring him to an ambulance
Sebastian Isaksen pleaded guilty to carjacking, vehicular manslaughter and DUI
The man was wearing an EMT jacket and had police gear in his car when he attempted to pick up an inmate from a Massachusetts correctional institution
The change comes after the second daytime death in two years at the detention unit
He was convicted of setting several fires at multi-occupancy dwellings in 2013 and received four to 14 years in prison
The 27-year-old pleaded guilty to possession of drugs he obtained for himself and five friends to share at a music festival
Sgt. James Brown died while in custody for a two-day DWI sentence; autopsy result cited natural causes by sickle cell crisis.
Two bills put the inmate’s family $4,000 in the hole
EMT Donavan Alden, 32, was killed in the March, 2014 head-on collision; less than a month before becoming a paramedic
Ambulances were dispatched when an SUV carrying two law enforcement dogs caught fire as it was heading to a prison complex; officers got one dog out but couldn’t save the other
In addition to 64 months in prison, she is to pay over $2M in restitution
Her scheme through Penn Choice Ambulance involved more than $3.6 million in fraudulent Medicare claims
Mark Powell was sentenced to 3 1/2 years behind bars; a 22-year-old unconscious woman said she woke up to him touching her
Older, heavily medicated prisoners are greater risk as they cannot cool themselves as those on the outside can
