Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty To Posing As Doctor To Get Ambulance Rides

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) -- A man who convinced firefighters that he was a doctor so that he could ride along on ambulance runs has pleaded guilty to two charges and will be sentenced next month.

John Holliman, 20, of Lexington, Ky. pleaded guilty Friday to one charge each of practicing medicine without a certificate and disrupting public service. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 7.

Prosecutors agreed to drop two additional charges of practicing medicine without a certificate in exchange for the plea. Holliman withdrew a plea of innocent by reason of insanity.

Police in Cincinnati said Holliman produced documents that said he was a doctor, and convinced firefighters that he was authorized to ride along on emergency runs.

Police arrested Holliman at Cincinnati fire headquarters in June after a firefighter told officers he suspected someone was giving firefighters false information to ride with them.

Fire officials have said Holliman never touched a patient.

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