A North Carolina paramedic is accused of killing his wife with eye drops and collecting a $250,000 life insurance payout after her death. Joshua Hunsucker, who appeared in court Friday, has been charged with first-degree murder, according to prosecutor Jordan Green with the North Carolina Department of Insurance. Hunsucker’s attorney, David Teddy, told the judge […]
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This is what every firefighter trains for, but rarely happens in a career: flames shooting out of a home, a trapped inside. That’s the call Cal Fire Riverside County firefighters from the Palm Desert Station 71 took on Sunday night at the Palm Greens community. When they got there, firefighter paramedic Mitchel Barnett says it […]
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Long Beach’s firefighter training center was renamed the Long Beach Fire Department Captain David Rosa Regional Training Center Tuesday, marking the first anniversary of his fatal shooting while responding to a reported explosion at a senior living facility. Rosa, 45, was shot when he and other firefighters went to the Covenant Manor, an 11-story building […]
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A San Diego paramedic was hospitalized Tuesday after he was attacked by the very people that police say called for help. The San Diego Police Department said firefighters and paramedics responded to a medical aid call on South 28th street at Franklin Avenue in Logan Heights just after 6 p.m. Paramedics said a female patient […]
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Talk about life coming full circle. An El Monte police officer recently discovered that his supervisor — a former paramedic — helped deliver him 27 years ago. El Monte Police Office Tyler Dominguez transferred from the Arcadia Police Department to his childhood hometown two years ago. One day, Dominguez shared with his fellow officers the […]
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Four caretakers whose neglect led to the death of a Palm Springs retirement home resident were each sentenced Wednesday to three years of probation. Edna Malagar Pelen, 62, of Thousand Palms, Andronico Malagar Pelen, 30, of Thousand Palms, Josie Rose Dolajan Ramos, 25, of Palm Springs, and Librada Dondonayos Paje, 71, of Cathedral City, pleaded […]
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A veteran Cal Fire supervisor with several decades experience on the fire lines and in management started work Wednesday as the new chief of the Riverside County Fire Department. The appointment of Shawn C. Newman was approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, based on a recommendation by Cal Fire administrators. “It is truly my honor and […]
