A county fire captain is facing two felony charges after police said he stole and used expired vials of fentanyl from the medication room at his fire station.

Christopher Burr, 42, was arrested on Feb. 12 and booked on one count of burglary of a business and another of misconduct of a public officer.

According to his arrest report, Burr had worked for the Clark County Fire Department as an EMS captain for almost 18 years. He was suspended the day of his arrest, according to the report, which indicates that he later resigned.

On Dec. 24, Metropolitan Police Department officers and Las Vegas firefighters responded to a 911 call about a truck that had crashed into a wall in the northwest Las Vegas Valley. The caller said the driver may have suffered a seizure.

When police and first respon

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