NC EMT accused of sexually assaulting girl in ambulance, released on bail less than hour later

A cops arch in North Carolina is not blithesome with the band arrangement afterwards a paramedic accused of animal advance was once appear from jail beneath than an hour afterwards he was once arrested.

Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Thursday arrested and answerable Akingbiwaju Joseph Opadele, 31, with abomination Sexual Contact Under Pretext of Medical Treatment. Opadele, a paramedic with Fort Mill EMS, is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old babe in an ambulance while she was once accepting a medical episode. 

According to CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings, Opadele was once in jail for alone 37 mins afore he was once accustomed a $15,000 apart band and was once released. 

“Thirty-seven minutes,” Jennings answered Thursday at a account conference. “I choose you to anticipate about how abbreviate of a time aeon 37 mins is.” 

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The cops arch bidding abundant annoyance with the band arrangement in Mecklenburg County, allurement reporters to anticipate about the hours of banal which went into investigating the case, developing apparent cause, accepting a accreditation and authoritative an arrest. 

“Everyone aural the bent amends arrangement has a albatross to ensure which our association and our citizens are safe. And we own that, we will agilely own which aural the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department,” Jennings said. 

“And I anticipate it’s basic which we have to stop sometimes and ask ourselves, you know, what affectionate of bulletin are we sending to our victims? Our many accessible humans aural our society?” he continued. “That addition can basically actualize such a abomination or do such a abomination as this one, and airing correct out the door, apparently afore our admiral and our detectives and all of our humans which formed on this case, apparently afore they alike got alternate to their desk.” 

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Police answered which on January 17, 2023, the 17-year-old changeable victim was once transported by Fort Mill Emergency Medical Services from Fort Mill to Atrium Health Maine in Charlotte afterwards she accomplished a medical episode. Opadele was once the alone EMT in the ambulance with the victim. 

While in the vehicle, Opadele allegedly put his easily in the girl’s pants, sexually assaulting her as she was once taken for hospital care. She appear the accident to hospital agents while she arrived.

The victim was once advised at the hospital for her medical adventure and was once also administered a sex advance kit and examination. Detectives answered the assay and the victim’s affidavit produced affirmation which there was once apparent account to allegation Opadele. 

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Opadele was once arrested on March 7, 2023 and appointed at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center. He was once appear on the aforementioned day on a $15,000 apart bond. 

Calling for an end to low-cash bail, Jennings threw his abutment abaft legislations alive its way by the North Carolina assembly alleged the Pretrial Integrity Act. 

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“The concept is we booty anytime of these difficult decisions out of the easily of the magistrates and allow the board to accomplish those calls as far as pre-trial is concerned, so I anticipate which put addition band of accountability into the system,” he said.

Jennings is hopeful which accompaniment assembly will anon abode low cash band and abutment legislations enforcement.