News brief: State says jailed firefighter can’t work as EMT

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

The state Department of Health announced yesterday it has suspended the EMT license of the Onalaska firefighter and school bus driver accused of raping a teenage relative during spring break.

Richard L. Crumbliss was arrested in April.

The Office of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System Programs is alleging unprofessional conduct based on the three felony sex crime charges filed in Lewis County Superior Court, according to a news release.

“He has 20 days to respond to the charges and request a hearing, and cannot practice as an emergency medical technician until these charges are resolved,” the agency stated.

Crumbliss was charged on April 21 with two counts of third-degree rape of a child and one count of first-degree incest but denied the allegations.

He remains held in the Lewis County Jail on $100,000 bail, awaiting an October trial.

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One Response to “News brief: State says jailed firefighter can’t work as EMT”

  1. BobbyinLC says:
    Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 11:00 am

    duh yeah! If he raped a child he knew what would he do with an injured or unconscious child in the back of an ambulance?