Jesse Kain Parsons, a 26-year-old Griffith man, was sent to jail on Tuesday for sexually touching and assaulting an ambulance officer in June.

He also faced court charged with failing to disclose the identity of a passenger in his car, in an attempted break and enter on April 5.

Facts tended to the court indicate Parsons had an extensive criminal history consisting of both assaults against police and ambulance officers.

Due to this, ambulance officers' procedure is to not deal with Parsons unless police provide assistance. Both police and ambulance are aware Parsons can be 'highly erratic' and can suffer from seizures when using methyl-amphetamine.

On Sunday June 9, two ambulance officers were dispatched to a 26-year-old man having a fit at a Noorla Street residence. Two witnesses at the scene told the officers it was Parsons, and police were contacted for assistance.

Parsons jumped over the fence and walked towards the ambulance officers, who saw he had blood around his mouth potentially from biting his tongue while having a seizure.

He walked towards one officer, who had previous incidents with Parsons. He held his arms out as if for a hug, saying "hey baby".

Parsons grabbed the officer on the buttock and said "I want you to f*** me in the ass." The officer tried to move away but was punched in the face by Parsons.

After managing to get away, the officer gave him a dose of Droperidol which is often used as a sedative in intensive-care treatment, as they believed he was displaying Acute Behavioral Disturbance.

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Police arrived a short time later and helped restrain him. He was taken to Griffith Base Hospital where he was placed into the intensive care unit and kept sedated while the effects of the illicit drug wore off.

He was arrested upon his discharge, and when given the opportunity for an interview said "I don't remember."

The charge relating to his suspected involvement in an attempted break and enter in Nicholls Street on April 5, came from refusing to tell police who was with him during an altercation with two victims. For this charge, he received two months jail time.

Added to that, Magistrate Joy Boulos gave him 18 month prison sentences for assaulting the ambulance officer. He is set to be in prison for 20 months back-dated from June 11 and concluding on February 10, 2021 with a non-parole period of 15 months.

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