mr-fordtruck
Member
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2003
- Messages
- 29
- Reaction score
- 0
Press release found on the Pinellas County Sheriff web site
http://www.pcsoweb.com/News Releases/ReleaseItem.aspx?id=532
What a Idiot. Good job Sheriff. Some tax money recovered.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
E.M.T. Arrested For Dealing In Stolen County Property
Release Number: 05-192
Who:
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Patrol Operations Bureau
Burglary and Pawn Unit
Franklin S. Riddle (Arrested)
DOB: **/**/****
Address: ***********, St. Petersburg
What: PCSO detectives have arrested an Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.) for dealing in stolen property after it was discovered that he had offered a missing county-owned radio for auction on an internet website. The suspect was also charged with possession of stolen drugs and possession of paraphernalia.
Where: The arrest was made at the Sunstar Ambulance headquarters located at 12490 Ulmerton Road in Largo.
When: Detectives made the arrest on Wednesday August 24, 2005 at 8:20 p.m.
How/Why: Pinellas County detectives have arrested an Emergency Medical Technician working at the countywide ambulance service known as Sunstar. The suspect was arrested while on-duty for dealing in stolen property after it was discovered that he had offered a missing county-owned radio for auction on an internet website. The suspect is not a Pinellas County employee rather he is an employee of Paramedic Plus, a private company that provides paramedics to Sunstar.
Detectives say the suspect attempted to sell the radio valued at more than $3,800 on the Internet auction website “eBay.” The auction was brought to the attention of a member of the Pinellas County Radio Systems who contacted the Sheriff’s Office. The radio was a spare that had previously been reported as missing.
Detectives met with the suspect at the Sunstar Ambulance headquarters while he was on-duty on Wednesday August 24, 2005 at 8:20 p.m. The suspect admitted to finding the radio outside a local hospital and recognizing it as county property. The suspect took the radio home with him, photographed it and listed it for auction on eBay with no reserve price. The auction ended on Wednesday August 24, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. with a final bid of $1,300.
Following the arrest, detectives accompanied the suspect to his apartment where they recovered the stolen radio. While at the suspect’s apartment other stolen property belonging to Sunstar Ambulance Service was discovered to include a vial of the schedule II drug fentanyl.
The suspect was arrested for dealing in stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and possession of paraphernalia. The investigation continues.
http://www.pcsoweb.com/News Releases/ReleaseItem.aspx?id=532
What a Idiot. Good job Sheriff. Some tax money recovered.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
E.M.T. Arrested For Dealing In Stolen County Property
Release Number: 05-192
Who:
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Patrol Operations Bureau
Burglary and Pawn Unit
Franklin S. Riddle (Arrested)
DOB: **/**/****
Address: ***********, St. Petersburg
What: PCSO detectives have arrested an Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.) for dealing in stolen property after it was discovered that he had offered a missing county-owned radio for auction on an internet website. The suspect was also charged with possession of stolen drugs and possession of paraphernalia.
Where: The arrest was made at the Sunstar Ambulance headquarters located at 12490 Ulmerton Road in Largo.
When: Detectives made the arrest on Wednesday August 24, 2005 at 8:20 p.m.
How/Why: Pinellas County detectives have arrested an Emergency Medical Technician working at the countywide ambulance service known as Sunstar. The suspect was arrested while on-duty for dealing in stolen property after it was discovered that he had offered a missing county-owned radio for auction on an internet website. The suspect is not a Pinellas County employee rather he is an employee of Paramedic Plus, a private company that provides paramedics to Sunstar.
Detectives say the suspect attempted to sell the radio valued at more than $3,800 on the Internet auction website “eBay.” The auction was brought to the attention of a member of the Pinellas County Radio Systems who contacted the Sheriff’s Office. The radio was a spare that had previously been reported as missing.
Detectives met with the suspect at the Sunstar Ambulance headquarters while he was on-duty on Wednesday August 24, 2005 at 8:20 p.m. The suspect admitted to finding the radio outside a local hospital and recognizing it as county property. The suspect took the radio home with him, photographed it and listed it for auction on eBay with no reserve price. The auction ended on Wednesday August 24, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. with a final bid of $1,300.
Following the arrest, detectives accompanied the suspect to his apartment where they recovered the stolen radio. While at the suspect’s apartment other stolen property belonging to Sunstar Ambulance Service was discovered to include a vial of the schedule II drug fentanyl.
The suspect was arrested for dealing in stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and possession of paraphernalia. The investigation continues.
