A former Twin Township EMS chief in Ross County has been indicted on seven felonies.
Michael Norman, 42, of Scott Road, was arrested on a warrant Thursday after a secret indictment. The seven charges Norman faces are all third degree felonies of tampering with records.
Public records reviewed by the Guardian show that the seven charges span between April and July 2018, while Norman was the chief EMS paramedic in Twin Township.
“The only thing that I can comment on at this time is that after an investigation was conducted by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Mr. Norman was indicted on seven counts of tampering with records. . . .,” said Ross County Prosecutor Jeffery Marks. Marks did not go into detail what the tampering charges surround.
In November 2018, the township’s medical director, Dr. Brian Goodhue, suspended the township’s EMS over a “medication discrepancy.” In the same letter, Norman was suspended from overseeing the EMS program in the township. Shortly after, the township was allowed to return to servicing 9-1-1 calls, but with a different chief.
According to a Sheriff’s office report from 2018, medication was missing, which included a 20mg vial of an intravenous anesthetic, that resulted in the township’s suspension. The missing medication investigation was sent to the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, which launched an investigation. It was not made clear to the Guardian if the Thursday indictments were related to the 2018 investigation.
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy did not immediately return calls seeking comment. A message left on Norman’s cell phone by the Guardian went unreturned.
Norman was released from jail on Thursday on an own recognizance bond. He’s due back in court on April 23.
