Police investigate assault of paramedic

NAPANOCH – New York State Police from the Ellenville barracks are investigating the assault of a paramedic by a patient that occurred Thursday in a Napanoch business.

A source has told Mid-Hudson News that the Chief Paramedic for the Ellenville Rescue and First Aid Squad was assaulted by a patient at a taxidermy shop in town.

The paramedic was transported to a local hospital for treatment of lacerations and abrasions to his face.

Todd Bender

Todd Bender started as a stringer before rising through the ranks to Dutchess County Bureau Chief. Bender is the senior investigative reporter for Mid Hudson News, focusing on crime and government. He is an avid angler and is likely to be organizing his collection of unused fishing lures while watching replays of council or board meetings and simultaneously complaining about the lack of time to go fishing.