Former Sweet Home paramedic Jim DeMarsh pleaded guilty to five of 15 counts relating to the theft and use of drugs from an ambulance.
Those charges stem from a six- to nine-month period in 2001 when DeMarsh allegedly stole controlled substances from city ambulances, used those substances and replaced the pre-packed syringes with water or saline solutions.
DeMarsh faced three counts of official misconduct, three counts of second-degree possession of a controlled substance, three counts…