Kingston police arrested and charged a man for allegedly punching a Kingston paramedic in the face over homecoming weekend.
Police say Frontenac paramedics were called to a downtown Kingston home to respond to an intoxicated man.
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When they arrived, paramedics found the man lying on the bathroom floor in a pool of his own vomit, but he was still conscious, police say.
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Police say when paramedics tried to help the man, he became “belligerent and verbally aggressive.”
Even after they got him inside the ambulance, police say, the man struck one of the paramedics in the face.
Police were called, and they say he verbally berated them.
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“He continued to be combative with police and paramedics and vomited several more times while being transported to the hospital and upon his arrival for treatment.”
Several days later, on Oct. 24, the man turned himself into police headquarters at the request of the investigating officer.
The 19-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault.
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