A Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue lieutenant was arrested after authorities said he attacked a 65-year-old patient inside a rescue vehicle while on duty, turning what began as a medical call for help into a criminal case involving two battery charges.
NBC6 South Florida reporter Marissa Bagg reported that Carlos Antonio Lewin, a Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue lieutenant, was booked into the Broward County Jail after investigators accused him of attacking a patient who had called 911 because he was struggling to breathe, felt cold, and needed medical assistance.
According to Bagg’s report, the patient had suffered a stroke months earlier and had a speech impediment, a detail that now sits at the center of a case that is deeply troubling because the person accused was not a stranger on the street, but one of the first responders sent to help.
A Medical Call Turns Into An Alleged Attack
Bagg reported that the incident happened on January 31 in the area of Northwest 1st Street and Northwest 31st Avenue in unincorporated central Broward, where fire rescue workers responded to a medical call involving 65-year-old Alan MacPhee…