Politics & Government

Paramedic Unit Stolen While on a Call

Vehicle was recovered in Southbury where the alleged thief was apprehended.

On May 16 at approximately 5:30 p.m., personnel from the Woodbridge Police Department, along with a paramedic unit and ambulance from American Medical Response, responded to 3 Barberry Lane on a medical emergency call. While treating the patient inside the house, the Ford Expedition paramedic unit that was parked outside was stolen from the driveway.

At approximately 7:15 p.m., CT State Police Troop “A” in Southbury advised they had responded to a report of a person causing a disturbance in a store parking lot and had taken a suspect into custody who was in possession of the stolen paramedic vehicle.  This person was arrested by the CT State Police  for vandalizing private property as he had driven over several lawns in Southbury prior to going to the store parking lot.  The suspect was then turned over to Woodbridge Police to answer to charges involving the stolen paramedic unit.

Michael Issaev, age 22, of 8 Cedar Acres Rd, Woodbridge, was charged with larceny in the first degree and detained overnight at Woodbridge PD on a $25,000 bond.

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During the night Issaev was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital for medical treatment, and will be arraigned in New Haven to Superior Court in New Haven upon his release from the hospital.


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