Press Release

Case 07-34404
Friday, July 20, 2007

During the evening of July 10, 2007 a suspicious male was seen walking around inside the Brookside Nursing Home in the Roslyn Section of Abington Township. The male was dressed like an employee of an ambulance service. The nursing staff investigated and found that this male had been in a patient's room and had removed a morphine patch from the chest of an elderly patient. Abington Police investigated this incident and obtained an arrest warrant for Thomas Olli, 28 years of age of Philadelphia. The warrant charged Olli with robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, criminal trespass, and recklessly endangering another person. Olli, who is a Paramedic employed by "Art of Life" Ambulance Company, turned himself in to Abington Police on July 20, 2007. Olli was arraigned by District Justice Joseph Dougherty and released on $10,000 unsecured bail.

Approved for Release by: Deputy Chief John A. Livingood