Report: EMT in Strong Hospital Encounter Suing City

The EMT who was handcuffed by a Rochester police investigator during an encounter at Strong Hospital is suing the city.

Attorney Elliot Shields tells 13WHAM he plans to file a notice of claim.

The activist group Save Rochester identified the EMT as Lekia Smith.

In a statement, Smith says she is still having some mental and physical difficulties.

She was handcuffed after her ambulance door hit the investigator's door while she was unloading a patient.

The investigator, whom 13WHAM identifies as Charles LoTempio, has been suspended with pay.


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