Updated: 4:33 PM EST January 27, 2021
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. A Lancaster County EMT has been charged with making recordings of patients without their knowledge or consent, according to Northern Lancaster County Regional Police.
Nathan Graham Appel, of Manheim, has been charged with a felony count of intersection, disclosure, or use of wire electronic or oral communications after an investigation that was launched in December 2020, police say.
The investigation began after police in Elizabethtown received a complaint, according to the NLCRP. The person who made the complaint told police Appel had made recordings of patients on at least two occasions in Penn Township and Clay Township, and provided officers with a micro SD card containing some of the recordings, police say.
EMT charged with illegally recording interactions with patients
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
An emergency medical technician has been charged with illegally recording his interactions with patients.
Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said Wednesday that they filed a felony count of interception disclosure or use of wire or oral communications against Nathan G. Appel, 24. The Manheim man had worked for Northwest EMT.
Police said they charged Appel eight days after being notified of a complaint that he was filming and making audio recordings of patients without their knowledge or consent while treating them.
Under Pennsylvania law, both parties must consent to any such recordings. Police must secure court permission to conduct nonconsensual wiretaps on suspects during undercover investigations.
Updated: 10:01 AM EST December 29, 2020
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. Police in Lancaster County have identified the suspect in a hit-and-run accident that left one person injured and lying on the side of a roadway on December 18.
Derek M. Hulse, of Lititz, has been charged with a felony count of accidents involving personal injury and a summary count of failure to render aid to a victim after an investigation by Northern Lancaster County Regional Police.
Investigators say the victim was found lying on the side of Route 501 and East Newport Road on Dec. 18. The victim was suffering from lacerations and extensive bleeding, and was unable to tell police what happened. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries and continues to recover, police say.
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