Tag Archives: assault

The dash-cam video depicting the altercation between two West Chester firefighters and Chester County Sheriff Alex Underwood and his deputies has been released. Recall we discussed the details of the incident last month that resulted in West Chester Fire Chief ...

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There has been yet another police-fire wars incident, this time in South Carolina, and this time two firefighters ended up in jail. That makes three police-fire war cases in the news in the past 2 weeks!!!! Fire Chief Andy Martin, ...

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The fire dispatch tapes have been released in the shooting death of an off-duty Kansas City firefighter on his wedding night following a dispute over cab fare. Firefighter Anthony Bruno allegedly got into a dispute with a cab driver on ...

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An FDNY firefighter has been charged with assaulting a black mailman in what is alleged to be a racially based hate-crime. According to the NY Post, Luke Schreiner, 49, approached the mailman last  Wednesday in Gerritsen Beach and said “You ...

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The lewdness charges brought against a Tucson fire captain for allegedly harassing a subordinate were dismissed last week. The Pima County Attorney's Office dropped three misdemeanor charges against Captain Roger Tamietti last Monday. The charges were brought after paramedic firefighter ...

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A firefighter who punched another firefighter in an altercation over backing up a fire truck is now facing manslaughter charges. Strother, Oklahoma firefighter Harold Sims struck firefighter-Chaplain Dale Patterson last February. The assault took place in the fire station and ...

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  Here is a follow up to a story we covered two weeks ago. The Tucson captain who was accused of committing lewd acts on a subordinate that led to a $125,000 settlement, has had his rank restored by the ...

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A councilman from Pennsylvania has been accused to punching the president of the local volunteer fire department during an argument. Joseph Ferraro, President of the Cheswick Volunteer Fire Company, claims that Cheswick Borough Council President Jonathan Skedel assaulted him Wednesday ...

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The arrest of a Baltimore City medic for assaulting a combative patient has the firefighter’s union angry as they stand behind the medic. Medic Shaun White, 31, was charged last Friday with second degree assault following an incident that occurred on ...

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The Paris, France Fire Brigade is reeling following the revelation that a recruit on the department’s elite gymnastics team had been sodomized and sexually assaulted by teammates. The incident allegedly occurred May 6, 2012 as the team was returning from ...

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A Connecticut man has filed a lawsuit over being forced against his will to be transported to a hospital to be evaluated for a possible heart attack. Arthur Schofield, 53, contends that he was forcibly removed from his home in ...

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A brawl between two firefighters in their Queens fire station on July 30, 2009 has resulted in a lawsuit being filed in Queens Supreme Court. FF Keith Thompson alleges that FF Stephen Buonavita assaulted him, and that their Lieutenant, Charles ...

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