FDNY EMT pled guilty to stealing cash from undercover officer

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) --- An FDNY EMT has admitted to stealing a wallet filled with cash from an undercover investigator posing as a sick patient last year, authorities said Friday.

Louis Carillo, 44, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and petit larceny after swiping the wallet in the ambulance on the way to hospital in August 2023, according to officials.

Carillo was caught on surveillance video swiping the wallet filled with $1,100 in marked bills and stuffing $600 into his pocket, prosecutors said.