** Florida paramedic charged with felony after allegedly stealing items from former ambulance service
** Oklahoma paramedics attending assault patient pelted with rocks and beer bottles
UNITED STATES NEWS
** A former Florida paramedic from Ocala was arrested Thursday for allegedly stealing items
from his ambulance service for his personal use. That is the word from Villages News (September 25)
which said Brian Francis Nedabylek, 46, has been tagged with the felony of grand theft. According to
the newspaper, the items he is accused of taking include a shrink wrap machine, folding table,
brushes, peg board, and 3 cans of water seal. The objects were apparently taken from the Bushnell
Rural EMS office. A surveillance camera at the site shows Nedabylek loading the items into his
Cadillac SUV. An attempt to load a ladder was aborted when it didn’t fit the vehicle. There is no
word on his next court date.
** An early Saturday morning 911 call in Tulsa, Oklahoma resulted in paramedics being pelted by
rocks and beer bottles as they attempted to attend on a patient. Newson6 (September 26) said
the 2 a.m. fracas played out in Tacos Don Francisco parking lot around 2 a.m. According to the
news site, three men exited the restaurant to start throwing the projectiles as the EMS crew
worked on an assault victim. Police said the trio were subdued by security guards and eventually
booked into Tulsa County jail. They have been tagged with assault with a deadly weapon on
emergency personnel. None of the paramedics was injured in the incident.
