Maribel Castillo

The Republic | azcentral.com

A local paramedic is accused of stealing a patient's $10,000 Rolex watch and later selling it on eBay, according to court documents.

Jason Edward Alexander, 32, was one of two Rural/Metro paramedics that transported a man wearing the 1969 Rolex Submariner to Banner Baywood Hospital in Mesa on Sept. 21, court documents said.

Records say the watch was taken off the patient and placed in an "unsecured" location. There was no documentation of the man being checked into the hospital with the watch.

The man died on Oct. 8 and left the watch to his son, who immediately began looking for it online. He called authorities after finding that the Rolex had been sold on eBay on Oct. 14, documents said.

Police say they identified Alexander as the watch seller on eBay. When detectives confronted him about it, Alexander said he found the watch and put it in his pocket the day of the transport without notifying his partner.

He also admitted to selling the watch to a friend for $1,400 on eBay, documents said.

Alexander is facing one count of theft and traffic of stolen property, according to records.