Opinion
No. 4D01-4822.
August 28, 2002.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Okeechobee County; Burton C. Conner, Judge; L.T. Case No. 99-156 CFA.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Joseph R. Chloupek, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
We reverse the restitution order entered in favor of Okeechobee County Fire Rescue. Pursuant to section 775.089(1)(c), Florida Statutes (1997), Okeechobee County Fire Rescue is not a victim in this case. See § 775.089(1)(c), Fla. Stat. (1997); see also Longo v. State, 580 So.2d 212 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991) (holding that it is improper for a court to order that restitution be paid to persons not named in the information). On remand, the trial court is directed to amend the restitution order in favor of the victim, Paula Pinto, to add the $176.85 cost of ambulance transportation.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
FARMER, KLEIN and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.