– The Atascosa County Emergency Medical Services director has been fired after he admitted to law enforcement investigators that he took money belonging to a man injured in a high-speed chase and later deposited the blood-soaked currency at a bank.Penny is also under investigation for possibly taking money from an Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy who died in an off-duty crash in December, a probable cause affidavit obtained Wednesday by KSAT shows.
An investigation by the Texas Rangers revealed that Penny went to First Commercial Bank in Jourdanton on the day of the fatal accident and “exchanged $121 of bloody money for non-bloody money.” During the investigation, Texas Highway Patrol troopers revealed that no money was recovered from the crash scene and that Penny was not with EMS crews who responded to the wreck.
During an interview with the Rangers on Dec. 21, Penny admitted to stealing money but said it was from a chase with a sheriff’s office deputy that ended in a wreck.
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