{"id":121977,"date":"2026-02-24T09:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121977\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:52:12","slug":"medic-accused-of-trading-gloves-for-pizza-retires-after-internal-investigation-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121977\/","title":{"rendered":"Medic accused of trading gloves for pizza retires after internal investigation \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A Pittsburgh paramedic Channel 11 told you about last week who was under investigation for allegedly stealing medical gloves from a hospital and trading them for pizza has just retired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/11-investigates-pittsburgh-medic-accused-taking-medical-gloves-trading-them-pizza\/JQ5TQ3X3WZGNDFMZD2KDWMYA4I\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/11-investigates-pittsburgh-medic-accused-taking-medical-gloves-trading-them-pizza\/JQ5TQ3X3WZGNDFMZD2KDWMYA4I\/\">11 Investigates: Pittsburgh medic accused of taking medical gloves, trading them for pizza<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Sources tell 11 Investigates that the city completed an internal investigation and was about to fire the medic, but allowed him to retire instead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Sources say there is video of him taking boxes of gloves from UPMC and then trading them for pizzas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">He reportedly had been with the city for years and was one of the top city earners in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 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