{"id":775474,"date":"2026-05-05T18:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/775474\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:31:18","slug":"phoenix-paramedic-accused-of-stealing-fentanyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/775474\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix paramedic accused of stealing fentanyl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 A paramedic reportedly has been accused of fraudulently obtaining fentanyl from the Phoenix Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Amplo was indicted on March 26 for obtaining or procuring narcotic drugs by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or subterfuge in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/local-news\/phoenix-fire-paramedic-indicted-on-drug-charges-after-allegedly-stealing-fentanyl-from-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to ABC15<\/a>, Amplo allegedly used another first responder\u2019s personal identification number to obtain 20 vials of fentanyl from medication vending machines at two fire stations.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics use these machines to restock drugs they give to patients.<\/p>\n<p>Amplo no longer works for the Phoenix Fire Department, according to ABC15.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/serenaeosully\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @serenaeosully<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? Pass it along to the KTAR News team <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/paramedic-phoenix-fire-fentanyl\/5857811\/mailto:stories@ktar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" width=\"830\" height=\"100\" alt=\"newsletter sign up\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;max-width:100%;height:auto;\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 A paramedic reportedly has been accused of fraudulently obtaining fentanyl from the Phoenix Fire Department. Anthony&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":775475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-775474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116523400591533633","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}