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Man convicted in violent assault on Minn. EMS crew caught on video

A man was sentenced to nine months after video showed him walking up to a Hennepin County medic and throwing a piece of concrete at her face

By Bill Carey
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HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn. 鈥 A Hennepin County man has been sentenced to nine months in jail and extensive probation after assaulting an EMS ambulance crew in July.

Tyereh Dontrell House was convicted following an attack on paramedics that was captured on video, showing him striking one crew member with a large piece of concrete while another paramedic defended themselves using a rolling cot, reported


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Sam Erickson, vice president of the Hennepin County Association of Paramedics and EMTs, expressed satisfaction with the maximum sentence but noted the union鈥檚 intent to advocate for tougher penalties in similar cases, pushing lawmakers for legislative change to better protect EMS workers.

鈥淭hese assaults, like the one we鈥檙e referencing, could鈥檝e resulted in great bodily harm, or somebody could be hurt or badly injured, those need a second look by the legislature and potentially some more stringent sentencing,鈥 Erickson said.

Hennepin Healthcare reports that there have been 243 threats and assaults against EMS workers in the first nine months of 2024, doubling the total of 121 incidents in all of 2023.

Hennepin Healthcare EMS Chief Martin Scheerer stated that attacks and threats now occur daily.


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