A former paramedic who pleaded guilty to burglary and other charges was sentenced Thursday to four years in state prison.
The charges stem from his break in at the Rancho Bernardo home of a 90-year-old woman, whose husband had required emergency medical care the night before.
Nicholas Conniry, 44, who was previously employed by Falck Mobile Health, was among the medics and fire personnel who responded to the victim’s Casero Road home on the night of July 3.
The following morning, the woman testified at a preliminary hearing last year, she saw a man in the backyard removing the screen on one of the back windows of her home.
The woman said that Conniry, dressed in his medic’s uniform and gloves, opened her sliding glass door, then claimed he was there to get additional information from her for a work-related report.
“Don’t you remember me? I was here last night with your husband,” Conniry told her, according to her testimony.
She refused to cooperate and told him to leave. After Conniry left, the woman went to the hospital to visit her husband.
According to further testimony at the preliminary hearing, Conniry later returned to the home, but was confronted by one of the woman’s neighbors. The neighbor told San Diego police that Conniry arrived in his personal vehicle and made similar claims about needing more information from the woman.
Conniry also pleaded guilty to unrelated charges that involved possessing an assault weapon, along with personal identifying information for several people found inside his work locker and bedroom.
– City News Service
