Broward firefighter gouged patient’s eyes while on rescue call: deputies

A Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue lieutenant is behind bars and relieved of duty after he allegedly slammed a 65-year-old man’s head and gouged his eyes while on a rescue call to help him, deputies say.

Carlos Lewin, a 43-year-old nearly 11-year veteran of BSO Fire Rescue, is facing two counts of battery on a person 65 years old or older.

On January 31, Lt. Lewin and other rescue-crew members rushed to a medical call near the intersection of Northwest First Street and 31st Avenue to assist Alan MacPhee, 65, the sheriff’s office said…

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