Woman charged with chomping EMT agrees to blood test

A Florida woman charged with biting a Boston EMT in a drunken frenzy last month agreed to have her blood tested to help rule out the odds she infected him with something, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Laura Bell, 28, of Jacksonville, was arraigned today on a charge of assault and battery in connection with a Dec. 10 incident at the Wyndham Hotel on Blossom St. According to the DA's office, the 41-year-old EMT responded to the hotel on a report of a woman slumped in an eighth floor hallway, possibly as a result of overdrinking:

As he attempted to treat her, she allegedly attacked him, scratching him on the neck and face and badly biting his left hand.

The victim and other Boston EMS staff managed to place Bell on a gurney for transport. At about this time, Boston Police also arrived to see her thrashing and screaming as she was wheeled out of the hotel. Officers followed the ambulance that took her to Massachusetts General Hospital, eventually learned that she was a guest of the Park Plaza Hotel and had no apparent reason to be at the Wyndham, and sought a complaint in the Boston Municipal Court. That complaint issued and Bell was summonsed into court today.

Because Bell flew back to Boston for the arraignment, prosecutors did not seek bail, but did request she only be released if she agreed to a blood test and shared the results with both the EMT and prosecutors:

Bell agreed to those conditions and was met by court staff and Boston Police at Massachusetts General Hospital following the proceedings.

Innocent, etc.