Kanrry Kang
Introduction
Kanrry Kang, a 24-year-old Iowa City paramedic who allegedly drove an ambulance for the pediatric unit of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, is charged with five counts of felony possession of items depicting sex acts with a minor — a case built on a Google child-safety tip that led investigators to 50 images and 10 videos across two of his devices and two Gmail accounts, some of which, per the police report, depicted “toddlers” and “bondage.” Kang has pleaded not guilty, and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has issued an emergency suspension of his paramedic license citing the arrest.
Background Information
Kang worked for Midwest Medical Transport, a company holding the ambulance service contract with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and a UIHC employee told Detective Tiffany Lord of the Iowa City Police Department that Kang had driven an ambulance for the hospital’s pediatric unit. The investigation began in November 2025, when an Iowa City officer was assigned a tip received through the Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children online portal. The tip came “from the software/social media company Google,” which advised that a user had uploaded four images between May 30, 2025 and November 6, 2025, and provided the actual files containing the offending media, according to the warrant application.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Charged, not convicted. Kang faces five felony possession counts and has pleaded not guilty. The allegations are unadjudicated and he is presumed innocent.
In a separate warrant application, Detective Lord told the court the images appeared to have been uploaded by Kang, and said data from his Google account included images of his driver’s license, Social Security card and job applications alongside the material flagged in the original tip. Police allege two different devices and two Gmail accounts belonging to Kang contained the 50 images and 10 videos; in describing them, the police report states that “some were toddlers, and some were bondage.” Lord interviewed Kang, and told the court he acknowledged possessing the images of children while stating that “he seldom looked at adult porn.”
Public Reaction and Consequences
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Emergency Medical and Trauma Services moved against Kang’s professional standing immediately, issuing an emergency suspension of his paramedic license and citing his arrest as the grounds. The detail that gave the case its local resonance — a paramedic assigned to the pediatric unit of the state’s premier hospital — was reported by KCCI in the Iowa Capital Dispatch’s account of the charges, which noted the hospital connection alongside the emergency suspension.
Current Status
Kang has pleaded not guilty to all five counts, and a case management conference in the criminal case was scheduled for October 19, 2026. His paramedic license remains under emergency suspension. No trial date has been reported, and the charges remain pending with Kang presumed innocent.
Impact on Their Career/Life
An emergency medical career is over for now: the state’s emergency suspension means Kang cannot work as a paramedic while the charges pend, and the allegations — that a driver entrusted with the state university hospital’s youngest patients was storing child sexual abuse material, including depictions of toddlers, on his own devices — have made his name public across Iowa. A conviction on the five felony counts would carry prison time and a permanent end to any licensed medical transport career; a plea of not guilty leaves him fighting the case from outside the profession.
Sources
- KCCI / Iowa Capital Dispatch, “Iowa hospital’s pediatric-unit ambulance driver faces child pornography charges” — source