AUSTIN — Police have arrested a woman for assaulting two paramedics last week.
According to a police affidavit, the incident happened on Friday July 13 just before 2 p.m. Two female paramedics with Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services were called to a house on Galewood Drive where a woman reportedly cut herself.
When they arrived the woman, identified as 38-year-old Elizabeth Moreno, demanded to be taken to a veteran’s hospital in Temple.
When the paramedics told Moreno they could not transfer her, she became angry and confrontational. One of the paramedics told police she stood in front of her co-worker who is pregnant to try and protect her. Moreno then kicked the pregnant paramedic in the side of her stomach.
Moreno then yelled at the other paramedic before punching her on the side of the face.
Police were called to the scene to assist. Moreno was arrested for assault on a public servant, a third degree felony. Her bond has been set at $20,000.
EMS officials say being a paramedic is a dangerous job, and it’s getting more dangerous all the time.
Hopkins tells KVUE one of the reasons he believes these kinds of attacks are happening more often is there are more dangerous drugs on the streets.
