** Kentucky EMT gets federal jail time after stealing drugs from ambulance service
** Motive emerging in September 6th murder/suicide involving California paramedic couple
UNITED STATES NEWS
** A former Covington, Kentucky EMT will spend the next 18 months in federal prison after being convicted
of stealing fentanyl from her ambulance service and replacing it with saline. The Independent Online
(September 15) said US District Judge David L. Bunning handed the sentence to Amanda Sturgill, 35, on
Monday. According to the newspaper, Sturgill committed her crimes between 2012 and June 2013. She had
previously pleaded guilty in May 2014, admitting she took the meds for her personal use. Sturgill will also
serve 3 years supervised release upon completion of her jail term.
** A motive may be emerging in the September 6th murder/suicide involving two Los Angeles paramedics.
That is the word from the Los Angeles Daily News (Brenda Grazzar/September 15) which said homicide
victim Cecilia Hoschet, who was working as a sheriff’s deputy, told her paramedic/firefighter husband James
Taylor she wanted a separation. The request was made on the night she was shot to death though the
reason for the separation is currently unknown. Police found Hoschet’s body at her home after responding to
a call for a woman in distress. Taylor’s body was found a short time later at the fire station where he worked.
The pair leave a 6-year-old son behind.
