** Tennessee teen arrested for allegedly stealing ambulance radio and siren;installing in his car
** Utah paramedic pleads guilty in ambulance crash that killed 88-year-old woman
UNITED STATES NEWS
** A Tennessee teen has been arrested after allegedly stealing an ambulance radio and siren and then installing them in his own car. The Rogersville Review (Tommy Campbell/June 17) said Church Hill resident Jeremy Austin Byrd, 19, has been tagged with auto burglary and theft over $500 for the heist which apparently occurred in early June. According to the newspaper, Byrd is accused of taking the EMS equipment from a local autobody shop where it was being repaired. After a tip off from the shop’s owner, police went to Byrd’s residence on June 4th and found the missing items. Byrd is also a suspect in a May 29th break-in at a local high school. In that instance, video surveillance caught the burglars on tape.
** The driver of a Utah ambulance has pleaded guilty to negligent collision in the 2012 driving death of an 88-year-old woman. The Salt Lake Tribune (Jessica Miller/June 17) said Sean Reed Stephens-Applonie, 30, told a judge he was sorry for the accident that killed Arline H. Logan. As part of a plea deal, Stephens-Applonie will face no jail time, but rather a $250 fine in the July 7th mishap.
