Tuesday, March 23, 2010

** Florida paramedic arrested for cyberstalking

** New York EMS pair fired after engaging in on-the-job Internet chats while in-between calls

UNITED STATES NEWS

** Police in Boca Raton, Florida have arrested a paramedic firefighter for cyberstalking and dating violence. All Headline News (Ayinde O. Chase/March 22) said Kurt Isadore Holoboff, 34, was taken into custody Saturday. According to the newspaper, Holoboff, who has a previous similar arrest record reaching back to 2008, had charges in that case reduced from felony tags to misdemanours. Information from that instance indicates his girlfriend suffered scratches and bruises in an altercation. Details of the weekend incident remain unavailable.

** A pair of Long Island, New York EMTs has been fired after engaging in on-the-job Internet chat sessions while in between calls. That is the word from the New York Post (Susan Edelman/Ginger Adams Otis/March 22) which said Ben Duchac and Franco Colon, who both work for Long Island College Hospital EMT Corps., also apparently posted pictures of themselves on the Flickr website. According to the newspaper, the duo snapped pics of each other in gas masks and while behind the wheel of the ambulance. It remains unclear whether the latter was taken while the unit was in transit. Hospital spokesman Zipporah Dvash condemned the pair’s actions, saying when the conduct came to light both Duchac and Colon were immediately sacked.