Paramedic accused of going to training drunk, with gun Police said Jeffrey Munson,58, of Elm Grove, was intoxicated and armed with a loaded gun when he went to training last month. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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EASTBOUND THROUGH BOOK FIELD. >> NOW TO A STORY ONLY ON 12 NEWS, AN ELM GROVE PARAMEDIC IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. HE’S ACCUSED OF SHOWING UP FOR A TRAINING SESSION DRUNK, ARMED WITH A LOADED HANDGUN. JOYCE: 12 NEWS’ NICK BOHR IS LIVE IN ELM GROVE WITH THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO. NICK. NICK: THE PARAMEDIC IS SEEN PULLING-IN DRIVING ONTO THE SIDEWALK, IN ITS LATER HE TELLS THE POLICE HE BELIEVES HIS CAR HAS BEEN STOLEN, EVEN THOUGH IT NEVER MOVED. PULLING INTO ELM GROVE AND GOING UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK -- A CAR IS SEEN GOING UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK. ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, 58-YEAR-OLD ELM GROVE PARAMEDIC JEFFREY MUNSON, WAS ARRIVING FOR TRAINING. MINUTES LATER HE HEADS NEXT DOOR TO THE POLICE STATION TO REPORT THE VEHICLE HE JUST ARRIVED IN IS MISSING A DETECTIVE POINTS OUT HIS CAR IS STILL IN THE LOT AND ORDERS SOBRIETY TEST. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO. >> THINK YOU CAN DO A FIELD SOBRIETY? >> YES >> MUNSON EXPLAINS HE FORGOT HE DROVE HIS CAR INSTEAD OF HIS TRUCK. >> I CAME OUT LOOKING FOR MY TRUCK, MY TRUCK WASN’T HERE. NICK: MUNSON IS SEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE SOBRIETY TESTS. HE BLO .17, TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT AND IS ARRESTED. THAT’S WHEN POLICE GET ANOTHER SURPRISE. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] NICK: AND EVEN AS HE’S BEING BOOKED HE’S TOLD POLICE WILL BE KEEPING THE GU >> [INDISCERNIBLE] JOYCE: SO IS MUNSON SUSPENDE NICK: YES, BUT HE’S BEEN PLACED ON UNPAID ADMINISTRATION LEA CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A , FIREARM WHILE INTOXICATED. HE WAS ALSO TICKETED FOR FIRST OFFENSE DRUNK DRIVING. THE VILLAGE MANAGER SAYS HIS ABSENCE IS NOT AFFECTING

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