Bond raised for paramedic after new attack charges

Bond for a Chicago Fire Department paramedic was increased$200,000 Friday after he was accused of attempted attacks of twoNorth Side women.

Jay Katz, 29, who prosecutors said posed as an exterminator toget into the victims' apartments, was charged April 3 with raping an18-year-old woman, also of the North Side. Katz was freed on $75,000bond in that attack.

The newer charges stem from two attacks committed less than 30minutes apart near Oakdale and Pine Grove on Dec. 4, said John Kirby,an assistant Cook County state's attorney.

Katz, a fire department …