A CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BOY WAS ARRESTED Sunday on charges that he stole medical supplies valued at $5,000 from the back of a Carter County Rescue Squad ambulance while paramedics were treating his mother. He is also accused of stealing a purse belonging to one of the medics.
The Johnson City Press reports:
The thefts were discovered when the medical team was preparing to leave the John Alfred Loop residence and noticed their medical bags and oxygen tank were missing. The purse of one member of the team was also missing.
Lt. Mike Fraley of the sheriff’s department responded to the residence and received permission to search the house. Nothing was found, but upon leaving the home he noticed a boy coming out of a camper on the property. He received permission to search the camper and found several medical bags and an oxygen tank that belonged to the paramedics. More medical supplies and an oxygen sensor machine were found under a recliner.
He is being held in the county Juvenile Detention Center. Read the full story HERE.
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