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Former EMT instructor pleads guilty to falsely certifying that EMTs attended training classes

By Colin A. Young

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 23, 2012

A former emergency medical technician instructor accused of allowing police officers, firefighters, and other EMTs to sign attendance sheets for state-required refresher classes, even though they did not attend, pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court on Friday, authorities announced today. Thomas Codair Sr., 50, of Medford, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in a house of correction. He was also fined $4,000.

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