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Former EMT gets prison term for prank
Former EMT gets prison term for prank
3/15/2006, 11:42 a.m. CT
The Associated Press
LEBANON, Va. (AP) — A former emergency medical technician who jolted a co-worker with cardiac defibrillator paddles as a prank and ended up killing her will spend a year in prison.
Joshua Phillip Martin, 25, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in January. At his sentencing Tuesday, he cried and apologized to Courtney Hilton Rhoton's family.
Rhoton, 23, died in June, three days after the jolt from the defibrillator, normally used to restart patients' hearts.
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Former EMT gets prison term for prank
3/15/2006, 11:42 a.m. CT
The Associated Press
LEBANON, Va. (AP) — A former emergency medical technician who jolted a co-worker with cardiac defibrillator paddles as a prank and ended up killing her will spend a year in prison.
Joshua Phillip Martin, 25, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in January. At his sentencing Tuesday, he cried and apologized to Courtney Hilton Rhoton's family.
Rhoton, 23, died in June, three days after the jolt from the defibrillator, normally used to restart patients' hearts.
Read more here...
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