An emergency medical technician is in prison after pleading guilty to fondling a vulnerable person on the job.
Attorney General Jim Hood’s office announced the sentencing of 37-year-old Bryan Englebert, of Walnut, who pleaded guilty Thursday in Lowndes County Circuit Court.
According to court records, the incident happened on Feb. 1, 2016, when Englebert inserted his finger into the female victim while she was in an ambulance on the way to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Englebert’s indictment said he was an “employee or contract agent” at the time of the incident.
BMH-Golden Triangle Director of Marketing Megan Pratt said Englebert does not and has not previously worked for the Columbus hospital. She said he may have worked for another hospital at the time of the incident.
“We have ambulances here that transfer patients from several hospitals, but he was not employed here,” she said.
Englebert was sentenced to 15 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with 10 suspended, five to serve and five years of post-release supervision. He must also pay a $2,400 fine, $500 to the Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund and register as a sex offender.
“Sexual abuse of vulnerable persons will not be tolerated,” Hood said in the release. “This office will vigorously prosecute these cases when they occur.”
Englebert’s case was investigated by Investigator Joe Sanderson and was prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Katie Moulds.
Alex Holloway was formerly a reporter with The Dispatch.
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