EMT lied about being slashed by thugs on Christmas: police
By Gina Daidone
December 29, 2016 | 12:24am | Updated
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An FDNY emergency medical technician who claimed to have been attacked by a gang of thugs and robbed on Christmas actually concocted the whole elaborate story, cops said Wednesday.
Steven Sampson, 41, was charged with making a false statement and falsely reporting an incident for claiming that he was held up by four delinquents in the Bronx, according to police.
The tattooed father of two allegedly fabricated a harrowing account of being assaulted while off duty, on his way to a holiday party.
Sampson claimed to have stopped his car on Bolton and Randall avenues just after midnight when he heard someone shout, “Hey, cracker!”
The 9/11 veteran went on to detail a heroic battle, stating that he put one hoodlum in an arm bar and punched another as the other two grabbed Christmas presents out of his car.
The missing gifts allegedly total almost $3,000, including liquor, toys, electronics and other items intended for his family.
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Sampson ultimately drove himself to Jacobi Medical Center, where he received seven stitches for a puncture to his right arm.
But cops say they canvassed the area during the course of their investigation and could not confirm Sampson’s story.
The EMT was arrested after officials say his story fell apart.
“He gave so many different accounts of what happened, he’s no longer credible,” police sources said.
However, “he was definitely stabbed,” according to sources, but it is unclear how he got that injury.
EMT slashed by thugs who stole his presents
By Tina Moore, Reuven Fenton and Rebecca Rosenberg
December 25, 2016 | 3:43pm | Updated
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Firefighter Steven Sampson needed seven stitches to close the stab wound. Angel Chevrestt
An FDNY Emergency Medical Technician was slashed and robbed of nearly $3,000 in Christmas gifts — including a drone for his 6-year-old daughter — as he headed to a holiday party early this morning.
Steven Sampson, 41, who was off-duty, pulled over his car at a Bronx intersection just after midnight to sort out his gifts on his way to the Christmas party to meet his cousins.
He was leaning over the trunk of the car at Bolton and Randall Avenues, setting aside the gifts intended for his cousins when he heard, “Hey, Cracker!”
The burly EMT, who’s a 9/11 veteran, turned around and saw four menacing thugs, and one of them reached for his phone.
I caught him in an arm bar and he was like, ‘Please, sir, please, sir, let me go!’ but I knew I had him,” said Sampson, who could play Vin Diesel’s double. “I smashed him in the elbow and felt his humerus crack.”
He delivered a round house punch on the next guy who dropped to the pavement. “I caught [him] in the jaw,” said Sampson, who’s a black belt in judo martial arts.
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Meanwhile, he saw the other two goons run off with his $2,600 in gifts. He hurried to his Dodge Charger, locked the doors and sped off.
That’s when he noticed blood gushing from his arm and that he’d been stabbed. “I started leaking all over the car,” he said.
Sampson, of Bronx Battalion 19, drove himself to Jacobi Medical Center.
“I was hemorrhaging in the hospital. My shirt was a soaked rag,” he said.
He didn’t tell his wife, Michell. “I didn’t want to freak her out,” said Sampson, of Clason Point, Bronx. “I just told her, “Hey, hun, I’m gonna be a little late.’”
Sampson got nine stitches as a group of cops surrounded his bed. “I was a big deal last night,” he said. “Every cop was in there. The [Bronx] borough chief was like, ‘What is he f—king Superman?’”
The thieves made off with liquor, toys, electronics, a parrot drone for his 6-year-old daughter, and iTunes and Ulta Beauty gift cards for his 16-year-old daughter.
But he’d already bought other gifts for them, so they weren’t too disappointed, he said. “We are a tight family,” he added.
As for the thieves, he had a message for them: “You have to be real low to try to rob somebody on Christmas. Get a f—king job! They’re going to find you. Karma’s a bitch.”
By Gina Daidone
December 29, 2016 | 12:24am | Updated
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Steven Sampson Angel Chevrestt
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EMT slashed by thugs who stole his presents
An FDNY emergency medical technician who claimed to have been attacked by a gang of thugs and robbed on Christmas actually concocted the whole elaborate story, cops said Wednesday.
Steven Sampson, 41, was charged with making a false statement and falsely reporting an incident for claiming that he was held up by four delinquents in the Bronx, according to police.
The tattooed father of two allegedly fabricated a harrowing account of being assaulted while off duty, on his way to a holiday party.
Sampson claimed to have stopped his car on Bolton and Randall avenues just after midnight when he heard someone shout, “Hey, cracker!”
The 9/11 veteran went on to detail a heroic battle, stating that he put one hoodlum in an arm bar and punched another as the other two grabbed Christmas presents out of his car.
The missing gifts allegedly total almost $3,000, including liquor, toys, electronics and other items intended for his family.
A close-up of Sampson’s injuriesAngel Chevrestt
Sampson ultimately drove himself to Jacobi Medical Center, where he received seven stitches for a puncture to his right arm.
But cops say they canvassed the area during the course of their investigation and could not confirm Sampson’s story.
The EMT was arrested after officials say his story fell apart.
“He gave so many different accounts of what happened, he’s no longer credible,” police sources said.
However, “he was definitely stabbed,” according to sources, but it is unclear how he got that injury.
EMT slashed by thugs who stole his presents
By Tina Moore, Reuven Fenton and Rebecca Rosenberg
December 25, 2016 | 3:43pm | Updated
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Firefighter Steven Sampson needed seven stitches to close the stab wound. Angel Chevrestt
An FDNY Emergency Medical Technician was slashed and robbed of nearly $3,000 in Christmas gifts — including a drone for his 6-year-old daughter — as he headed to a holiday party early this morning.
Steven Sampson, 41, who was off-duty, pulled over his car at a Bronx intersection just after midnight to sort out his gifts on his way to the Christmas party to meet his cousins.
He was leaning over the trunk of the car at Bolton and Randall Avenues, setting aside the gifts intended for his cousins when he heard, “Hey, Cracker!”
The burly EMT, who’s a 9/11 veteran, turned around and saw four menacing thugs, and one of them reached for his phone.
I caught him in an arm bar and he was like, ‘Please, sir, please, sir, let me go!’ but I knew I had him,” said Sampson, who could play Vin Diesel’s double. “I smashed him in the elbow and felt his humerus crack.”
He delivered a round house punch on the next guy who dropped to the pavement. “I caught [him] in the jaw,” said Sampson, who’s a black belt in judo martial arts.
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Meanwhile, he saw the other two goons run off with his $2,600 in gifts. He hurried to his Dodge Charger, locked the doors and sped off.
That’s when he noticed blood gushing from his arm and that he’d been stabbed. “I started leaking all over the car,” he said.
Sampson, of Bronx Battalion 19, drove himself to Jacobi Medical Center.
“I was hemorrhaging in the hospital. My shirt was a soaked rag,” he said.
He didn’t tell his wife, Michell. “I didn’t want to freak her out,” said Sampson, of Clason Point, Bronx. “I just told her, “Hey, hun, I’m gonna be a little late.’”
Sampson got nine stitches as a group of cops surrounded his bed. “I was a big deal last night,” he said. “Every cop was in there. The [Bronx] borough chief was like, ‘What is he f—king Superman?’”
The thieves made off with liquor, toys, electronics, a parrot drone for his 6-year-old daughter, and iTunes and Ulta Beauty gift cards for his 16-year-old daughter.
But he’d already bought other gifts for them, so they weren’t too disappointed, he said. “We are a tight family,” he added.
As for the thieves, he had a message for them: “You have to be real low to try to rob somebody on Christmas. Get a f—king job! They’re going to find you. Karma’s a bitch.”
