PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia EMT is facing charges after prosecutors say he stole cash from a deceased woman\u2019s wallet in October while responding to a call in Center City.<\/p>\n
The family of the deceased, Nanette Santilli, says the theft was captured on surveillance video and has left them traumatized.<\/p>\n
What we know<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say Gary Robb, a 41-year-old former EMT with the Philadelphia Fire Department, was arrested in December and charged with three misdemeanors, including theft. The family of 72-year-old Nanette Santilli says surveillance video appears to show Robb taking money from her wallet after she died of natural causes in her Center City condo.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s a betrayal of trust, especially to the family,” Vincent Giorgio, Santilli\u2019s nephew, told FOX 29.<\/p>\n
Giorgio said the family approached Robb at court, and instead of showing remorse, Robb allegedly told them it was a victimless crime. The family also says it has video of Robb shortly before the alleged theft acknowledging a camera in Santilli\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re just constantly reliving this, and I think until this situation ends, it\u2019s just going to constantly be a reminder,” Giorgio added.<\/p>\n
The Philadelphia Fire Department confirmed Robb is no longer employed but declined further comment.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors and city officials respond to allegations<\/p>\n
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner called the allegations “an abuse of a position of trust.”<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s in the home because of his status as an EMT for the fire department, whose salary is paid by [the city], and the allegations are that he is taking money that belongs to the deceased and to her family,” he said.<\/p>\n
What’s next<\/p>\n
If convicted, Robb could face a sentence of up to three to six years in jail, according to Krasner.<\/p>\n
The district attorney also said that while Robb would not be automatically barred from working as a first responder in the future if convicted, he hopes public agencies will take due diligence before hiring if he applies.<\/p>\n
“If these allegations are confirmed, and if this defendant is convicted, I would like to think that he does not have another opportunity to be in a position of trust,” Krasner added.<\/p>\n
According to court filings, Robb does not currently have a lawyer. FOX 29 attempted to reach Robb at his Philadelphia home but received no response.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
Information from the Philadelphia District Attorney\u2019s Office, the Philadelphia Fire Department and interviews with Santilli\u2019s family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia EMT is facing charges after prosecutors say he stole cash from a deceased woman\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49053,49052,49051,69,6777,1486,71,70,326],"class_list":["post-100564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-emt","tag-gary-robb","tag-nanette-santilli","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-district-attorney","tag-philadelphia-fire-department","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-surveillance-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}