Published News Articles
4/19/26 Bloomington, IL – Man Steals Bloomington Fire Department Ambulance From The Grossinger Motors Arena – Man Just Got Released From Jail – Caught Wearing A Fire Department Safety Vest – Arrested
April 19, 2026 www.25newsnow.com McLean County prosecutors have charged a man with stealing a Bloomington Fire Department ambulance parked outside Grossinger Motors Arena, close to where he had just been released from jail for retail theft. Like the retail theft...
4/17/26 Memphis, TN – Woman Steals Memphis Fire Department Ambulance From Medical Call – Arkansas State Troopers Gave Chase – Spike Strips And Pit Maneuver Stopped Her In Arkansas – Arrested
April 17, 2026 www.actionnews5.com A Memphis Fire Department ambulance is back with its rightful owners after it was stolen early Friday morning. MFD said crews were treating a patient at a home on Tunica Street when they noticed an unknown person driving away with...
4/12/26 Monroe, WI – Green County Deputies Called An Ambulance For An Injury On A Highway – Man Runs From EMTs – Steals Ambulance – 11.5 Mile Police Chase – Tire Deflation Device – Arrested
April 12, 2026 www.wmtv15news.com A Michigan man has been arrested in Green County after he allegedly stole an ambulance and led the Green County Sheriff’s Office on a chase. GCSO deputies were called around 2:30 a.m. Sunday to the area of State Highway 11 west of...
3/19/26 Cheektowaga, NY – Bellevue Fire Department Pick Up Was Stolen Sometime Overnight – Was Seen In Buffalo Neighborhood
March 19, 2026 www.beenews.com The Lancaster Fire Department asked residents over the last few days to be on the lookout for a now-located stolen pickup truck belonging to the Bellevue Fire Company in Cheektowaga. The vehicle was taken from the firehall during an...
3/18/26 Randolph County, NC – Man Steals Randolph County Ambulance From Randolph Health Hospital – Hit And Run Damage Driving The Wrong Way On A Dual Lane Highway – Police Chase for 50 Miles
March, 18 2026 www.hpenews.com A Moore County man was arrested Wednesday morning after getting into an unattended ambulance at Randolph Health in Asheboro and driving off with it, officials said. A crew from Randolph County EMS was taking a patient into the emergency...
3/4/26 Brevard County, FL – Paramedics Were Working On A Patient In The Back Of An Ambulance – A Man Jumped Into The Driver’s Seat And Moved The Ambulance Because It Was Blocking A Driveway – The Man Was Approached By A Paramedic – Jumped Into His Car – Struck The Paramedic And Drove Away
March, 4 2026 www.ems1.com A 58-year-old Florida man was arrested after authorities say he climbed into a parked Brevard County Fire Rescue ambulance and tried to move it while paramedics were treating a patient. According to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, the...
3/2/26 Akron, OH – Woman Steals Akron Fire Department Ambulance From A Medical Call While Paramedics Were Assessing A Patient – Ambulance Found In Parking Lot – Arrested
March, 2026 www.beaconjournal.com A medical emergency took an unexpected turn March 2 when a woman stole a paramedic unit while crews were assessing a patient. According to Akron Fire, the incident occurred around 1:47 a.m. Monday in the 1600 block of Brittain Road....
2/23/26 College Station, TX – Woman Steals Ambulance From St. Joseph’s Hospital – Police Chase Down Rt. 6 – Arrested
February 23, 2026 www.kbtx.com A Navasota woman was taken into custody after stealing an ambulance and leading police on a short chase. College Station police officers were notified early Monday morning that a patient had stolen an ambulance at CHI St. Joseph Hospital...
2/19/26 Meridian, ID – Ambulance Stolen From St. Luke’s West Hospital – Crashes Into Building – Suspect Still Hasn’t Been Located
February 19, 2026 www.eastidahonews.com Federal prosecutors are calling an Idaho woman’s alleged decision to steal an ambulance and crash it into a Meridian building leasing office space to immigration officials a “brazen, dangerous, unprovoked, premeditated attack,”...
2/18/26 Wisconsin Rapids, WI – Paramedics Provide Care – Man Jumps In Driver’s Seat And Steals Ambulance – 40 Mile Pursuit – Stuck In Mud – Suspect Arrested
February 18, 2026 www.wisn.com A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly stealing an ambulance with a patient inside and leading police on an 18-mile pursuit. The incident happened around 5 p.m. when the suspect took control of a Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department...
2/11/26 Louisville, MS – Fire Truck Stolen From Behind Fire Department – Suspect Arrested – Truck Recovered And Returned
February 11, 2026 www.wcbi.com A Louisville Fire Department truck reported stolen on Friday has been recovered, and a suspect in the case has been arrested. The Ford F-450 flatbed work truck was reported stolen from behind the fire department. It was being used to...
1/29/26 Montour County, PA – Man Steals A Geisinger EMS Ambulance From The Geisinger Medical Center – Crashes Through A Construction Gate And Got Stuck In A Snow Bank – Arrested
January 19, 2026 www.wnep.com A man faces charges after allegedly stealing an ambulance in Montour County. Police say Tyler Beaver, 23, of Watsontown, left the Emergency Department at Geisinger Medical Center near Danville Wednesday afternoon, ran to an unlocked...
1/18/26 Little Rock, AR – While Transporting A Psych Patient In A EASI Ambulance The Patient Became Combative – He Stabbed The Paramedics And Gained Access To The Ambulance – Minor Injuries To The Paramedics – High Speed Chase On Highway – Tried To Crash into Arkansas State Police – Crashed Into Cement Barrier – Arrested
January 18, 2026 www.deltaplexnews.com An emergency responder is recovering from minor injuries, and one person is in custody following a violent incident involving an ambulance Sunday afternoon on Interstate 530. According to Arkansas State Police, the incident...
1/14/26 Towanda, PA – Man Steals Guthrie EMS Ambulance From Guthrie Packard Hospital – Breaks Into Two Occupied Homes – Fights With Police – Arrested For DUI, Parole Violations, And Felonies
January 14, 2026 www.thedailyreview.com A Troy man faces multiple felony charges after allegedly stealing an ambulance at Towanda Memorial Hospital, driving south through Towanda Borough’s Main Street and breaking into two residences in Towanda Township while under...
12/20/25 Los Angeles, CA – LAFD Ambulance Stolen From Medical Call In Northridge – Dangerous Police Pursuit Due To Fog – Spike Strips – Suspect Taken Into Custody In Palmdale Area
December 20, 2025 www.abc7.com A driver led law enforcement on a bizarre chase in a stolen ambulance on Friday night. It began in the San Fernando Valley and ended in the Antelope Valley. AIR7 was live above the chase as the Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance...
12/19/25 Rockford, IL – A Superior Ambulance Was Stolen From An Addiction Treatment Center – Spotted In Chicago Driving Recklessly – Cook County Sheriff’s Office Made The Traffic Stop – Arrested
December 19, 2025 www.lakemchenryscanner.com A suspect was taken into custody after stealing an ambulance in Rockford, fleeing from police and traveling through McHenry County before being captured in Chicago Wednesday evening. The Rockford Police Department responded...
12/14/25 Robeson County, NC – Man Being Transported To The Hospital Takes Out A Gun And Hijacked The Ambulance – Crashed Into A Civilian Vehicle – Gets Out Of The Ambulance And Shoots And Kills 74 Year Old Woman – Arrested
December 14, 2025 www.abcnews4.com The family of 74-year-old Marie Locklear attended the bond hearing Monday morning of the man accused of shooting and killing her this past Saturday on Union Chapel Road in an area between Lumberton and Pembroke Robeson County. A...
12/12/25 Fresno County, CA – Man Steals American Ambulance – Police Chase – Ambulance Runs Red Light – Crashes Into Civilian Vehicle And Rolls Over – Arrested
December 12, 2025 www.yourcentralvalley.com/news Police have named the man accused of crashing a stolen ambulance in Fresno County Thursday night. In an email to YourCentralValley.com, police named him as 37-year-old Joshua Ray Ivey. CHP said they and deputies tracked...
12/11/25 Wichita, KS – At Medical Call – Man Steals Wichita Fire Department First Responder Truck – At The Back Of The Building They Cornered Him As He Tried To Run Away – Firefighter Grabbed The Man And He Attempted To Punch The Firefighters – Arrested
December 3, 2025 www.yahoo.com/news A patient at Hilton Head Medical Center stole an ambulance from the facility on Tuesday, before being stopped and detained by law enforcement, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office officials said. The woman, reportedly suffering from a...
12/3/25 Hilton Head, SC – Man Steals MedTrust Ambulance From Hilton Head Emergency Room – Hit And Run Accident To A Civilian – Police Used Spike Strips To Stop Him – Arrested
December 3, 2025 www.yahoo.com/news A patient at Hilton Head Medical Center stole an ambulance from the facility on Tuesday, before being stopped and detained by law enforcement, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office officials said. The woman, reportedly suffering from a...
12/1/25 Garfield Heights, OH – Cleveland Man Steals Midwest Medical Transport Ambulance From Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital – Crashes Into Pole – Rollover And Injured Himself – Arrested
November 7, 2025 www.abc7chicago.com There was a massive Chicago police response Friday afternoon during a stolen ambulance pursuit on the West Side. A man was detained by police. COPA is also investigating a police-involved shooting where shots were fired by police...
11/7/25 Cicero, IL – Man Steals Cicero Fire Department Ambulance With Paramedic In Back – Paramedic Jumps Out 2 Blocks Away – Police Chase – Shots Fired In Chicago – Multiple Crashes With Civilian Vehicles And Police Cars – Ambulance And Police Cars Totaled
November 7, 2025 www.abc7chicago.com There was a massive Chicago police response Friday afternoon during a stolen ambulance pursuit on the West Side. A man was detained by police. COPA is also investigating a police-involved shooting where shots were fired by police...
10/29/25 Novi, MI – Man Steals Ambulance From Accident With Injuries – A Paramedic And Patient Were In The Back Of The Ambulance – Police Pursuit Through Construction Zone At 70 MPH – Flat Tire And Crash Injuring Man In SUV – Man Tried To Take Officer’s Weapon Twice – Ambulance Caught Fire
October 29, 2025 www.abc11.com A 33-year-old man has been accused of stealing an ambulance with a paramedic treating a patient inside and causing a crash in Northville Township, Michigan, on Friday. Police in Novi, Michigan, said officers responded to a one-vehicle...
10/14/25 Charden, OH – Intoxicated Man Steals Community Care Ambulance From Hospital – Police Chase – No Lights On – Pulls Over – Arrested
October 16, 2025 www.fox8.com A man is accused of stealing an ambulance from a local hospital and taking it for a joy ride while intoxicated. Dashboard camera video shows the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office responding to a call about a stolen ambulance from University...
10/14/25 Cook County, IL – Man Steals Ambulance With An EMT In The Back – 20 Mile Police Chase – Spike Strips Flattened Tires – Gunpoint Arrest After Police Smash Drivers Window
October 14, 2025 www.abc7chicago.com Someone who stole an ambulance with an employee in the back was taken down after a chase on Interstate 294 in Cook County Tuesday afternoon, Illinois State Police said. The president and COO of LifeLine Ambulance, in a statement,...
10/3/25 Slidell, LA – New Orleans EMS Ambulance Stolen From Medical Call – Police Pursuit – Crashes into Civilian SUV At Intersection – Civilians Extricated With Injuries – Thief Arrested
October 3, 2025 www.wwltv.com A stolen New Orleans EMS ambulance crashed into another vehicle in Slidell on Thursday night after a police pursuit, authorities said. The crash happened at the intersection of Pearl Acres Road and Gause Boulevard, officials said. The...
9/26/25 Lafayette, IN – Man On Drugs Is Being Transported To Hospital – Removed Seat Belts – Ambulance Crew Got Outside The Ambulance – Patient Steals The Tippecannoe EMS Ambulance – Police Stopped Him By A Fire Station – Arrested
September 26, 2025 www.yahoo.com A Lafayette homeless man took an ambulance for an unauthorized spin about 7:50 p.m. Thursday, according to Lafayette police. A Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service employee followed the stolen ambulance while reporting the theft to...
9/16/25 Hialeah, FL – Man Steals Ambulance From Hialeah Hospital – Miami-Dade Police Chase – Felony Stop – Arrested
September 16, 2025 www.cbsnews.com A 23-year-old man is in police custody after allegedly stealing an ambulance, according to Hialeah police. The ambulance was stolen early Tuesday morning from Hialeah Hospital, authorities said. The incident took place when the...
9/14/25 Downey, CA – Man Steals Downey Fire Department Ambulance From Deadly Stabbing Crime Scene – 10 Mile Police Chase – Crashed Into Several Parked Cars – Arrested
September 14, 2025 www.abc7.com A joyride in an ambulance ended with a high-speed wreck and a truck flipped on its side, and it all started with a deadly stabbing in another city. Minutes before the Downey City Library opened on Saturday morning, an argument steps...
9/11/25 Madison County, IL – A Patient Stole A Medstar Ambulance From The Gateway Regional Medical Center In Granite City Madison County Sheriff’s Identified The Stolen Ambulance And Gave Chase – The Man In the Stolen Ambulance Tried To Avoid Spike Strips And Lost Control – Ambulance Totaled – Arrested
September 11, 2025 www.firstalert4.com MADISON COUNTY, Ill. (First Alert 4) - A stolen ambulance crashed in Madison County on Thursday morning. Madison County Sheriff Jeff Connor told First Alert 4 that a patient stole an ambulance after being transported in it to...
8/25/25 Ontario, CAN – Paramedics On A Call – Returned To Find Their Ambulance Stolen – Police Later Found the Ambulance Abandoned
August 25, 2025 www.insauga.com Police are searching for suspects after an ambulance was stolen from a town in Ontario. The Ontario Provincial Police said they were called to a report of a stolen vehicle from William Street in Colborne shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Aug....
7/26/25 Edmonds, WA – South County Fire Investigation Stolen From Fire Scene While Investigators Doing Work – Struck Another Fire Investigator’s Truck – Truck Found Damaged – Escaped
July 26, 2025 www.fireapparatusmagazine.com The Edmonds (WA) Police Department is investigating the theft of a South County Fire Department Ford F-150, stolen from the scene of a residential fire investigation Friday, July 25, 2025. The vehicle was recovered a short...
7/17/25 Desoto Parish, LA – Mental Illness Patient Steals Desoto EMS Ambulance From Emergency Room – Erratic Driving – Jumps Out Of Running Ambulance In Drive – Ambulance Crashed Into Metal Structure – Pending Charges After Capture
July 17, 2025 www.ktbs.com A wild ambulance theft was caught on camera in Wednesday night in DeSoto Parish. Mansfield police identify the man allegedly responsible as Marquis Simpson. He's not been arrested nor is he in jail. Instead, Mansfield Mayor Thomas Jones said...
7/10/25 Dallas, TX – Man Steals Acadian Ambulance From Dallas Hospital – Police Chase – Rolled The Ambulance Over And Totaled It – Man Was Airlifted From Crash
July 10, 2025 www.fox4news.com A man stole an ambulance from Medical City Dallas Hospital and led police on a chase before crashing into a guardrail and rolling into a creek bed overnight Wednesday. The suspect sustained injuries but is expected to recover and faces...
6/23/25 Mesquite, TX – Man Steals Allegiance Ambulance From Dallas Regional Medical Center – Police Chase – Spike Strips – Crashes – Arrested
June 23, 2025 www.fox4news.com What we know: Police confirmed the ambulance was taken from Dallas Regional Medical Center on Galloway Avenue in Mesquite. Witnesses said a man wearing no clothes who was transported to the hospital got into the Allegiance Ambulance and...
6/9/25 Effingham County, GA – Two Men In A Crashed Vehicle Steal Effingham County Ambulance From Accident Scene – Police Chase – Hits Police Car – Spike Strips – Crashes Into Ditch – Arrested
June 9, 2025 www.wtoc.com A small car crash quickly turned into a multi-area chase after police say a driver stole an ambulance at the scene and took off. Rincon police spoke about the teamwork between agencies during Monday’s chase. WTOC got to speak with Rincon’s...
5/19/25 Truckee Meadows, NV – Stolen F-150 Marked Fire/Rescue Truck – Nevada State Police Pursuit – Chase Was Called Off For Safety Concerns – Deputies From The Washoe Sheriff’s Found It Abandoned – No Arrest
May 19, 2025 www.fireapparatusmagazine.com On the morning of May 19, 2025, an unidentified suspect unlawfully took possession of a Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD) vehicle, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Nevada State Police...
5/18/25 Riverton, WY – Frontier Ambulance Stolen From Hospital – High Speed Police Chase Into Indian Reservation – Before Running Away – Ambulance Struck 2 Patrol Cars – No Arrest
May 18, 2025 www.cowboystatedaily.com An “unknown male” got into an ambulance parked in front of a Riverton emergency room at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday, drove off and sparked a chase with law enforcement that ended with his escape on foot into the Wind River Indian...
5/9/25 Rolla, MO – Phelps Health Ambulance Stolen From Hospital – Police Chase – Missouri State Highway Patrol Used Spike Strips To Disable Ambulance In The St. James Area – Arrested
May 9, 2025 www.phelpscountyfocus.com On Thursday, May 8, an individual unlawfully entered a Phelps Health ambulance on the Hospital campus and drove the stolen vehicle eastbound on Interstate 44. Emergency responders and law enforcement quickly coordinated to ensure...
5/6/25 South Haven, MS – Ambulance From South Haven Fire Stolen And Crashed Into Baptist Desoto Hospital Emergency Room – Under Investigation
May 6, 2025 www.desototimes.com Authorities in Southaven say an ambulance which was reportedly stolen crashed into the emergency entrance at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Wednesday morning leaving one person with minor injuries. The crash happened around 10 a.m....
4/29/25 Hot Springs, AR – Man Enters Fire Station – Steals Command Vehicle – 100 MPH Police Chase – Man Arrested
April 29, 2025 www.katv.com A Hot Springs man is in custody after allegedly stealing a fire truck from the city's Central Fire Station and leading police on a high-speed chase. Fire Chief Ed Davis said the incident happened Monday evening when a man entered the...
4/27/25 Swansea, MA – Elderly Man Steals Swansea Ambulance From Medical Call – Drove It To Providence Rhode Island – Police May Not Press Charges
April 27, 2025 www.wcvb.com A Swansea, Massachusetts, ambulance was recovered in Providence, Rhode Island on Sunday after it was stolen during a medical call, the town's police department said. The Swansea Ambulance Corps vehicle was reported missing just after...
4/25/25 Champion, Alberta – 2 Fire Rapid Response Trucks Were Stolen At The Same Time – Police Chase – Both Vehicles Crashed Into A Ditch – Both Trucks Totaled
April 25, 2025 www.globalnews.ca One man has been arrested and police are still searching for a second suspect after two fire trucks were stolen and taken for a costly joyride in southern Alberta earlier this month. Sgt. Colleen Lowing of the Vulcan RCMP detatchment...
4/15/25 Springfield, IL – Medics First Ambulance Stolen From Hospital – Crashes Into Man On Bicycle – Leaves Man On Street – Goes Back To The Hospital – Arrested At Hospital
April 15, 2025 www.wandtv.com A bicyclist was hit and injured after police said a man stole an ambulance from a hospital in Springfield. Springfield police told WAND News they were called to 11th and Carpenter around noon Tuesday for a report of a bicyclist being hit...
4/3/25 St. Louis, MO – Woman That Was Just Discharged From SLU Hospital Steals Abbott Ambulance And Crashes It – The Woman Was Found At The Crash Scene Wrapped In A Hospital Blanket
April 3, 2025 www.yahoo.com/news A St. Louis woman is charged with stealing an ambulance Wednesday night after being discharged from the hospital. According to Evita Caldwell, a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson, SLU Hospital reported ambulance had...
3/31/25 Bowling Green, KY – Paramedic Calls Police To Report His Medical Center EMS Ambulance Was Stolen With A Firearm Inside The Ambulance – The Ambulance Was Located Nearby – Video In The Ambulance Showed The Suspect And Identified Him – Arrest Was Made
March 31, 2025 www.wnky.com A man allegedly stole an ambulance in Bowling Green on Sunday morning. The Bowling Green Police Department says it responded to 546 Nathan’s Rim Way after receiving a call from a paramedic that an ambulance had been stolen with a firearm...
3/25/25 Indianapolis, IN – Man Steals Ambulance And Crashed Into An Innocent Bystander’s Vehicle – The ambulance Was Disabled – Man Was Captured By Police Running Away
March 25, 2025 www.fox59.com INDIANAPOLIS — A suspect is under arrest after police said a stolen ambulance crashed into an innocent bystander’s vehicle on the city’s east side. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the Indianapolis EMS...
3/20/25 South Bend, IN – Man Charged With Arson Steals The Deputy’s Chief’s Command Pick Up From The Fire Scene – Arrested
March 20, 2025 www.wsbt.com Prosecutors charged a 31 year-old South Bend man in connection to a Thursday morning house fire and theft of a fire department vehicle. Ramon Villalba faces three charges including two for arson and one for auto theft. The early morning...
3/16/25 Tampa, FL – Man Steals Tampa Fire Rescue From Hospital – Miles-Long Chase Running Stop Signs – Florida Highway Patrol Stops Him And Is On Camera Drinking A Beer Then Pulled Out Of Ambulance And Arrested – Says The Hospital Denied Him Transportation Home And He Was Drinking For 2 Days
March 16, 2025 www.fox13news.com A Tampa Fire Rescue ambulance was stolen from HCA South Tampa Hospital on Saturday night and troopers arrested the suspect after a pursuit lasting several miles, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say 43-year-old...
3/10/25 Cameron, TX – Man That Called An Ambulance For A Mental Health Problem Steals The Allegiance Ambulance – Dangerous Police Chase – Crashes Into A Tree – Arrested
March 10, 2025 www.kbtx.com An Illinois man was arrested in Cameron Monday morning for stealing an ambulance. According to the Milam County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), an Allegiance Mobile Health ambulance was reported stolen just before 5 a.m. Monday morning. The...