FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – Authorities say two paramedics engaged in a “selfie war” by taking pictures with incapacitated patients.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that 24-year old Kayla Renee Dubois was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of interception and disclosure of oral communications. Authorities have issued arrest warrants for 33-year old Christopher Wimmer on seven counts of the same charge. The release says Wimmer also faces a misdemeanour battery charge for holding open the eyelid of a sedated patient.
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The release says the selfies included 41 patients, three of whom apparently agreed to the photos.
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The sheriff’s office began investigating in May following complaints from three other emergency workers. Dubois was fired a week later, and Wimmer resigned the same day.
Jail records didn’t list attorneys for Dubois or Wimmer.
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