** Former Wisconsin paramedic set to be charged again with sexually assaulting another patient; follows previous conviction

UNITED STATES NEWS

** A former Wisconsin paramedic from Wausau, who already has one patient sexual assault conviction on his record from 2019, is now being charged with a new tag of sexually assaulting an unconscious patient. That is the word from the Wausau Pilot and Review (Shereen Siewert/November 16) which said Clifford Heiser, 38, was charged as a repeat offender Wednesday with felony second-degree sexual assault x 2. Heiser, who is currently being held pending the posting of a $20,000 cash bail, will have his next court appearance December 8^th. Details of the latest allegations against him are not yet available. His earlier conviction involved sexually assaulting a 29-year-old female patient during hospital transport. He admitted that attack under a plea deal after DNA evidence found his saliva on the woman’s breast.

** Colorado paramedic, police officer suspended after handcuffed man dies

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** A Tuesday incident in which a handcuffed man from Colorado Springs, Colorado died has resulted in a paramedic and police officer being suspended. That is the word from KKTV (Tony Keith/Spenser Hansen/November 15) which said the 4:41 p.m. incident played out after police and EMS were called to a man experiencing mental health problems. According to the news site, the man was in the middle of a road outside his home. Police say when he resisted being removed from the roadway, a paramedic assisted an officer in handcuffing him. Within a short time he became unresponsive and died upon hospital arrival. Both the medic and the officer are now on paid leave. Police are investigating.

** UK ambulance attacked by yobs with live fireworks

UNITED KINGDOM NEWS

** Police in Bristol are searching for a group of yobs who allegedly lobbed live fireworks at a South Western Ambulance Service vehicle Sunday, November 6^th. That is the word from the BBC (November 14) which said the 5:40 pm incident was apparently perpetrated by a large group of people clad in hoods and balaclavas. According to the news site, one of the crackers hit the driver’s side window, bouncing on the hood, before falling to the ground. Two vehicles then pulled up to the EMS rig, forcing the crew to drive away. A spokesman for the ambulance service decried the group’s actions, saying it risked the lives of the EMS crew. Mike Jones said if the incendiary had made it inside the prehospital rig, one or more of the oxygen tanks could have exploded.