investigative reporter jim hoffer is here with the exclusive details. jim. >> the allegation of sexual assault by an fdny emt is being taken seriously. the department of investigation confirming late this morning to us that they are assisting the nypd in trying to determine the validity of a patient's claim that she was raped. >> he's supposed to help people that are sick. >> she requested we not identify her. this brooklyn mother says she felt compelled to tell her story so it doesn't happen to anyone else. >> you don't do that. that's been weighing heavy on my mind ever since it happened. ever since it happened. >> we've confirmed that the emt in question and his partner have been taken off the street and placed on restrictive duty pending the outcome of an investigative probe. she claims last saturday the fdny emt crew responded to her bed-stuy apartment after her family called 9-1-1 when she started having a partial seizure. when one of the two medics stepped out of the back of the ambulance, she alleges the other medic sexually assaulted her. >> as

investigative reporter jim hoffer is in the newsroom with details all new at noon. >> reporter: once again, cell phone video captured by an eyewitness to an arrest is raising questions about the nypd's use of force. police officers are trained to deescalate, arrest tensions but this video shows an arrest that flies out of control even though the suspect appears to be trying to cooperate. it appears to be a standard parade. believe had the suspect following orders to put his hands up. when he reaches for his id at turns violent. in the face. >> all i remember is them screaming give me your hand. how can i give you my hand when i can barely move. >> reporter: were you resistin arrest? >> not at all. >> reporter: he was never charged and the sergeant has been disciplined through loss of vacation time. perhaps most telling is that the initial reason for the arrest, drugs, that charge was dismissed. >> there were no drugs. the prosecutors dismissed all the charges. i can assure you that the district attorney is not in the business of dismissing criminal cases when crimes have been committ

jim hoffer at harlem hospital where one patient is recovering. jim. >> reporter: diana, there have been so many numbers associated with this outbreak, right, the most striking one, the 10 people who have died from legionnaire's in the south bronx but the important numbers today are zero, zero new deaths and zero new cases. >> we haven't seen people with newly sick in the past week. >> reporter: it is the first day since the outbreak began that they can say that. but there is still work to be done and the state is stepping in to do some of it. >> we must get out there, root out the problem, cut it off at the source and prevent further spread so that everyone, obviously, recognizes that the disease has diminished. >> reporter: 101 people have been diagnosed with legionnaire's disease in south bronx now but the numbers are dropping since five water cooling towers tested positive for legionella bacteria has been disinfected which may be an important lesson. >> situations like this where we have explosive outbreaks do serve to educate the public, that

investigator jim hoffer is here with the exclusive new details. jim. >> reporter: when making an arrest on a crowded sidewalk, police are trained to deescalate the situation but as this video seems to show, police triggered the violence and what we have learned since is that the unarmed man alleged to have had drugs had all the charges dropped and the sergeant ended up in trouble. police officers approached francisco at last year's dominican day parade after police say they saw him make a drug sell. video appears to show caminero following instructions to put his hands up. >> when i put my hands up, they were searching, when he said give me your i.d., my i.d. is in my pockets so i went to give him my i.d. i didn't even put my hands inside my pocket and he just slammed me in the gate. >> reporter: that's who police sergeant rushes over and punches him in the face several times before caminero was tackled to the ground by four officers. the sergeant and another officer continue punching him while he's on the ground. >> all i know was give me your han

investigative reporter jim dolan is here with -- jim hoffer is here with the story. >> there are three different agencies investigating this allegation. she is initially reluctant to talk to us but decided to discuss her sexual assault claim she says to keep it from happening to someone else. >> i never would have thought aambulance would do that. >> reporter: it's not the first time this brooklyn mom was rushed to the hospital during a seizure. like in the past, this time when two fdny emergency medical workers arrived at her bed-stuy apartment last saturday, she was shaky and unable to speak. but she says she was conscious. >> these are partial seizures? >> yes. >> you're still awake? >> i saw everything he did. i heard him when he called my name twice. >> you were well aware of what was going on? >> i was well aware of what was going on. >> she was quickly placed in the ambulance and she says one ems worker stayed with her while the other waited outside for advanced life support to arrive. >> his partner goes outside, closes the door, as soon as that man closed the door, he pulls my

thousands have viewed the story on our news app, and as jim hoffer reports, the emt has been replace the on restricted investigation. >> reporter: it's not the first time this brooklyn mom has been rushed to hospital during a seizure, but unlike in the past, she was shaky and unable conscious. these are partial seizures? you're still awake? >> i saw everything he did, and i heard him when he called my name twice. >> reporter: you were well aware? >> i was well aware of what was going on! >> reporter: she was quickly placed in the ambulance, and she says one ems worker stayed with her while the other waited for advanced life support to survive. >> as soon as that man closed the door, he pulled my blouse up some, and then he took his right hand and put his hand down my panties and stuck his hand in my private area, >> reporter: as soon as she got to the hospital, she told her mother. a detect arrived to investigate her. she asked we not identify her, but she felt compelled to tell her story for fear that silence would lead to more victims. >> anyone that does that to people, there's so