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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. (WAVY.com) — Virginia Beach Volunteer EMT rescue worker Shaune Zenzel admitted Friday, that he did in fact break into two firehouses and steal morphine.
“I broke trust…I admitted it in writing…I admitted it to the police, I said I did it,” explained Zenzel during a jailhouse interview.
Zenzel says he has nothing to hide and during the interview told us his side of what happened early Friday morning.
He says he “did it out of a bad decision and desperation” and that he “was unable to get into better counseling.”
Zenzel faces two counts of Grand Larceny and accepts those charges. He told WAVY.com that he broke into two firehouses, one on Shore Drive and one on Ruritan Ct. in Va. Beach.
“It was out of character…it wasn't something I typically do,” said Zenzel.
Zenzel then proceeded to tell us that he broke into two drug boxes and stole morphine from inside.
Rescue workers arriving to work discovered the morphine missing and called police. After talking with rescue workers, police were able to develop a description of the suspect.
Zenzel says he “could've been slick about it” and no one would've suspected him.
He says he's been using painkillers to ease the pain from an accident he was in three years ago, but soon he says his body needed more.
“The only reason I did it was because it staved off the horrible symptoms of withdrawal,” said Zenzel.
Nonetheless, police arrested Zenzel at his home Friday morning. Zenzel says a part him wanted to be caught.
Volunteer EMT arrested for stealing drugs from fire stations
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. (WAVY.com) — A Virginia Beach volunteer EMT rescue worker was arrested and charged with two counts of Grand Larceny Friday afternoon.
Beach police responded to separate burglaries at two different fire stations shortly after 6 a.m. Friday morning.

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Saxophonist Martin Fierro, best known for his work with the late Jerry Garcia, died Thursday of lung cancer at Marin General Hospital. He was 66.
Mr. Fierro, who was playing full time before he was high school age in his native El Paso, Texas, moved to the Bay Area in 1968. He had spent the previous 10 years splitting his time between Los Angeles and Mexico City, where he ran a successful jazz quartet.
He joined fellow former Texan Doug Sahm in an eight-piece psychedelic blues band that played around Bay Area clubs and recorded the album “Honkey Blues” as the Sir Douglas Quintet Plus Two (”He never could count,” said Mr. Fierro). He also played on the 1969 debut album by Mother Earth, “Living With the Animals.”
As leader of Shades of Joy, Mr. Fierro conducted and arranged the soundtrack to the 1970 allegorical Western “El Topo.” He recorded with Quicksilver Messenger Service on the 1971 album, “What About Me.”
He played on the 1973 album by the Grateful Dead, “Wake of the Flood,” and joined the band that year for a round of East Coast dates. He also was part of the Legion of Mary with Garcia and keyboardist Merl Saunders. Mr. Fierro and Saunders were dropped in August 1971 and the name reverted to the Jerry Garcia Band.
Mr. Fierro continued to play on and off with Saunders, as well as groups led by guitarist John Cipollina. He joined the Bay Area jam band Zero, starting an enduring musical relationship with guitarist Steve Kimock, and played in the Zero reunion last year at Wavy Gravy’s birthday party at the Regency Ballroom.
He played his final gig on his birthday, Jan. 18, in Forestville, Sonoma County.
He entered the hospital at the end of January and received his diagnosis a few days later.

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