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12/18/24 Memphis, TN – Ambulance Stolen From Hospital And Crashed Into Memphis Police Car – Arrested – No Injuries
December 18, 2024 www.actionnews5.com A stolen ambulance and a Memphis Police cruiser were involved in a crash in South Memphis. The crash happened on Third Street and E.H. Crump Boulevard on Wednesday at 4:43 a.m., according to police. Reco Dickson, 31, is accused...
11/9/24 Carter County, TN – Man Steals Ambulance From Sycamore Shoals Hospital – High Speed Chase Into Green County – Tennessee Highway Patrol Uses Spikes To Flatten Tires – Arrested
November 9, 2024 www.newschannel9.com Update: A man is facing multiple charges after stealing an ambulance from Sycamore Shoals Hospital Saturday morning, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The driver was identified as Patrick Fults. A THP trooper was alerted...
11/6/24 San Saba, TX – Man In Back Of Hamilton EMS Ambulance Became Combative And Attacked EMTs – Gained Control And Stole The Ambulance – Crashed The Ambulance
November 6, 2024 www.kwtx.com A man remains in custody after he attacked first responders taking him to a hospital, took control of the ambulance, and then wrecked the emergency vehicle. At approximately 11:45 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2024, the San Saba County Sheriff’s Office...
10/30/24 New Orleans, LA – A Woman Was Arrested For Stealing A New Orleans Ambulance From A Medical Call With The EMTs And The Patient In The Back Of The Ambulance – Another Ambulance Chased The Stolen Ambulance And Blocked It In – Damage To Both Vehicles – Charged With Kidnapping
October 30, 2024 www.msn.com A woman was arrested after stealing an ambulance in the Tulane area while the EMS crew and patient were in the unit. New Orleans EMS says they were responding to a medical call around 6:50 p.m. in the 2200 block of Poydras St., at the...
10/26/24 Dallas, TX – Dallas Fire Rescue Ambulance Stolen From Medical Call – Found In East Oak Cliff – Crashed Into Apartment Complex – No Arrest Announced
October 26, 2024 www.fox4news.com A stolen Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance was found after it crashed in East Oak Cliff on Friday evening. DFR officials say medics responded to a medical call on Bonnie View Road around 7:45 p.m. While medics were attending to the...
10/8/24 Orange City, CA – Ambulance Stolen From Hospital – Long Police And Sheriff’s Helicopter Chase On Freeway – Suspect Captured
October 8, 2024 www.cbsnews.com The California High Patrol pursued a stolen ambulance near the Orange-Los Angeles County border Tuesday night. The suspect drove down the CA-91 Freeway after allegedly stealing the ambulance from Orange City Fire Department personnel...
10/3/24 Detroit, MI – Woman Steals Ambulance From Hospital – The Ambulance Was Found Later Abandoned – Police Looking For This Woman
October 3, 2024 www.newsbreak.com Police are investigating after an ambulance was stolen from outside a hospital, early Wednesday morning in Detroit. According to Detroit Police, a woman drove away in the ambulance from Detroit Receiving Hospital, in the 4200 block of...
9/27/24 Warren Township, OH – Fire Station Broken Into -Ambulance Stolen From Unattended Fire Station – Suspect Tried To Go Into A Low Parking Deck At Youngstown University And Damaged The Ambulance
September 27, 2024 www.wkbn.com Warren Township Police are investigating after a township ambulance was taken from one of its fire stations. The ambulance was later found at Homestead Park in Youngstown. Earlier, it had been spotted trying to get into the Wick Avenue...
9/27/24 Payne County, OK – Man Steals LifeNet EMS Supervisor Truck – Man Went To Court For A Prior Stolen Vehicle With The EMS Truck – Arrested At The Court By State Troopers
September 27, 2024 www.okcfox.com Earlier this week, a Trooper arrested a man accused of "borrowing" a vehicle so he could make it to his court date. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Kody Adams was at a Stillwater gas station asking people for a ride to...
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9/17/24 New Rochelle, NY – Empress EMS Ambulance Stolen From Hospital – Long Police Chase – Crashed Into Police Cars – Hit Telephone Pole And Rolled Over – Total Wreck – Arrested – Taken To Hospital
September 17, 2024 www.patch.com A wild police chase overnight involving a stolen ambulance ended with a crash. This morning, at 3:25 a.m., Irvington police received reports that multiple police jurisdictions were in pursuit of a stolen ambulance that had been taken...
9/1/24 Schenectady, NY – Man Steals Ambulance At Medical Call With Patient In Back – Lets Patient Out At Gas Station – Police Spot Him For 30 Mile Chase Believing The Patient Was In The Ambulance Without EMTs – Horrific Crash With Civilian Vehicle At Intersection – Civilian In Critical Condition
September 1, 2024 www.cbs.com A man is in custody and another person is in critical condition following a chase and crash involving a stolen ambulance Saturday night in New York. According to the New York State Police, emergency medical services responded to assist a...
8/30/24 Kershaw, SC – Man Steals Ambulance From EMTs – Chased By Deputies – Drove Through Median Trying To Drive The Wrong Way Into Oncoming Traffic – Deputy Had To Forcefully Used His Cruiser To Stop Him – Arrested
August 30, 2024 www.abccolumbia.com The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a person accused of using an ambulance as a getaway car. According to deputies, they responded to the eastbound lanes of Interstate 20 around 5 pm Thursday evening for a call about a...
8/28/24 Bay City, MI – A Woman Stole A MMR Ambulance From It’s Garage – Michigan State Troopers Spotted Her Driving Through Buena Vista Township – Tells Troopers She Took Her Home To Genesee County
August 28, 2024 www.ems1.com A Flushing woman is accused of stealing an ambulance in Bay City and taking it on a joyride down Interstate 75. At about 8:20 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, police responded to McLaren Bay Region Hospital, 1900 Columbus Ave., after staff called...
8/22/24 Lake County, FL – Man Steals Ambulance From UF Health Hospital – Speeds Out Of Hospital Parking Lot – GPS Finds Ambulance 14 Miles Away – Deputy Arrested Suspect
August 22, 2024 www.insidelake.com A Leesburg man remains in the Lake County Jail, accused of stealing an ambulance from a Leesburg hospital last week. Derek Tyrone Watkins, 22, was apprehended near Independence Boulevard in Groveland by Lake County Sheriff’s Office...
8/18/24 Rowan County, NC – Unconscious Person In Motor Vehicle Call – When Firefighters And EMS Arrived The Man Started Shooting A Gun At First Responders – Gets Out Of Vehicle – Steals Fire Department EMS Truck – Crashes Into Civilian Vehicle And Hits Soybean Field – Arrested – Taken To Jail – One EMT Injured
August 18, 2024 www.salisburypost.com A 42-year-old man, Miguel Angel Ramirez, is under arrest after firing shots at both EMS and firefighters who were responding to a report that he was possibly unconscious in a car on the side of a road. According to Rowan County...
8/8/24 Palos Verdes, CA – PRN Ambulance Stolen From Home Where Paramedics Were Treating A Patient – LA County Sheriff’s Chased The Ambulance To Rancho Palos Verdes – Suspect In Custody
August 8, 2024 www.patch.com A suspect in a stolen ambulance lead Deputies at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lomita Station on a short pursuit on the border of Rancho Palos Verdes and San Pedro, according to authorities. The Lomita Sheriff's Station...
8/6/24 Greeley, CO – Man Steals UC Health Ambulance From Medical Center And Crashed It Through A Yard – Then A Fence And Shed – Man Arrested
August 6, 2024 www.greeleytribune.com At 1:50 a.m. Tuesday, Lia Dawn Roth was having a night like any other: Idly scrolling through her phone in bed before falling asleep. By 2 a.m., the night had been turned completely upside down. She heard a loud screeching noise...
8/6/24 Benton Harbor, MI – Stolen Medical Ambulance Chased By Michigan State Police – Recovered By State Police
August 6, 2024 www.wsbt.com A stolen ambulance is back where it belongs after it was stolen last night. The ambulance belonged to Medic One Ambulance service out of Benton Harbor. Michigan State Police recovered it a short time after it was taken. Medic One Director...
8/4/24 Brownsville, TX – Man Steals Brownsville Fire Rescue – Crashes Through Mexico Border – Found Abandoned In Mexico By Mexican Police
August 4, 2024 www.krgv.com An ambulance that was stolen out of Brownsville and taken into Mexico has been recovered by Mexican authorities, according to Brownsville police. Police said an unknown suspect allegedly stole a Brownsville ambulance and crossed it into...
7/30/24 Birmingham, AL – Advantage Ambulance Stolen From Street – Police Chase Through Several Cities On Interstate – Captured – Arrested
July 30, 2024 www.wvtm13.com One person was arrested Monday night after leading Birmingham police on a chase through several cities on the interstate in a stolen ambulance. Just after 9:30 p.m., the ambulance was stolen from the 700 block of Princeton Avenue. Officers...
7/19/24 Corpus Christi, TX – Man Steals Corpus Christi Fire Rescue Ambulance From Hospital – Multi Police Agency Chase And Capture
July 19, 2024 www.kristv.com Corpus Christi Police tell KRIS 6 News that a man stole an ambulance. Police say the man took the emergency vehicle from the Bay Area hospital around 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Investigators have not identified the person accused of stealing the...
7/18/24 Los Angeles, CA – LAFD Paramedic Ambulance Stolen From Ambulance Call – Woman Experiencing Psychiatric Crisis
July 18, 2024 www.ktla.com A Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance was briefly stolen by a patient in South Los Angeles Thursday morning, though the vehicle was later recovered and the patient arrested in Inglewood. The patient, who has not been identified, “appeared...
7/9/24 Memphis, TN – Woman Steals Memphis FD Ambulance – Runs Over A Nurse’s Foot – Crashes Into Brick Wall – Then Crashes Into Another Ambulance From Crittenden County EMS – Arrested
July 9, 2024 www.fox13memphis.com A woman was arrested Monday night after she stole a Memphis Fire Department (MFD) ambulance and crashed it in the Medical District, police said. Memphis Police (MPD) said Tanya Thomas, 50, also ran over a nurse's foot, crashed into a...
7/8/24 Oakland, CA – Man Sneaks Into Fire Station While Crew Is On Another Call – Steals Brush Truck – 3 County Police Chase – Damaged Vehicle – Spike Strips – Captured
July 8, 2024 www.firehouse.com A man stole an Oakland fire truck Saturday and led police officers on a wild chase through three counties, before finally being arrested near Vacaville. Around 10:44 a.m. Saturday, a good Samaritan called the police, after noticing a man...
7/2/24 El Paso, TX – Fire Department Ambulance Stolen From Hospital Emergency Room – Chase – Crash On US 54
July 2, 2024 www.cbs4local.com Officials with El Paso police said a stolen ambulance crashed in central El Paso after leading DPS troopers on a pursuit Tuesday morning. Officials with El Paso Fire said one of their ambulances was stolen from Del Sol ER around 8 a.m....
6/28/24 Sheffield, AL – Felony Charges For Man That Stole Keller Ambulance From Helen Keller Hospital – High Speed Chase – Captured
June 28, 2024 www.timesdaily.com A Courtland man is facing felony and other criminal charges after he jumped into an ambulance and led authorities on a high-speed chase. According to our news partners at the Times Daily, Sheffield Police responded to a report of a...
6/25/24 Ontario, OR – 73 Year Old Man Steals Treasure Valley Ambulance From Hospital – Ambulance Is Found In Idaho 100 Miles Away – Man Arrested In Ambulance
June 25, 2024 www.idahonews.com The Ontario City Police Department says 73-year-old Jon Westfall of Ontario, Oregon, stole a Treasure Valley Paramedic Ambulance from the St. Al's Hospital ambulance bay on Monday afternoon. Westfall was on the St. Al's property, and...
6/22/24 Leonardtown, MD – AAA Transport Ambulance Stolen By Patient From Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital – Found In Parking Lot – Police Searching
June 25, 2024 www.idahonews.com The Ontario City Police Department says 73-year-old Jon Westfall of Ontario, Oregon, stole a Treasure Valley Paramedic Ambulance from the St. Al's Hospital ambulance bay on Monday afternoon. Westfall was on the St. Al's property, and...
6/21/24 Lee County, FL – Woman Steals Ambulance From Hospital – Police Chase – Almost Flipped Ambulance Over – Helicopter Chase – Captured
June , 2024 www.nbc-2.com On Thursday morning, the Lee County Sheriff's Office responded to Golisano's Children's Hospital for reports of a stolen ambulance. Deputies were able to ping the GPS coordinates of the ambulance, where it was located at the RaceTrac off...
6/17/24 Wayne County, NC – Stolen Wayne County EMS Ambulance – Crashed Into Police Car – Damage – Arrested
June 17, 2024 www.newsargus.com A Goldsboro man was arrested and charged for hijacking an ambulance and ramming it into a police car near UNC Health Wayne Saturday night. Raul Sergio Sandoval-Moore, 23, of North Carolina Street in Goldsboro, was charged with assault...
6/16/24 Willoughby Hills, OH – Ambulance Stolen From Hospital – Firefighter/Paramedic Jumps Into The Ambulance To Subdue Suspect – Ambulance Crashes Into Helicopter Landing Pad – Suspect Taken Into Custoday
June 16, 2024 www.news5cleveland.com Sunday morning, a Willoughby Hills Fire Rescue ambulance was stolen from University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center, according to the Willoughby Hills Fire Rescue. Around 10:30 a.m., the ambulance had arrived at the hospital to...
6/6/24 Omaha, NE – A Patient Stole A Midwest Medical Ambulance From An Omaha Hospital – Hit A Truck Towing A Trailer – Rolled Over – Pinned Under Ambulance – Serious Injuries
June 6, 2024 www.firehouse.com A patient who stole a Midwest Medical Transport ambulance from an Omaha Hospital was seriously injured when the rig collided with a pickup truck hauling a trailer. The thief was partially pinned under the patient compatment of the...
6/5/24 Odessa, TX – Man Steals Odessa Fire Rescue Ambulance From Hospital – He Said He Stole It Because No Family Member Would Give Him A Ride Home – Goes Right To Jail
June 5, 2024 www.newswest9.com 42-year-old Michael Porter was arrested Tuesday morning after he admitted to stealing an Odessa Fire Rescue ambulance because no family members would pick him up from the hospital. According to an arrest affidavit, at 5:38 a.m., the...
6/4/24 Knightstown, IN – Man Steals Buck Creek Fire Brush Truck – Pulls In Gas Station With Red Lights Flashing – Asks Cop For Directions – He Was In A Child’s Sweater And Flip Flops – Police Chase – Road Block Captures Him
June 4, 2024 www.fox59.com A Knightstown police officer was standing in a gas station waiting to purchase a cup of coffee when a Buck Creek fire department truck pulled in with red lights flashing. Out of the truck hopped an unusual-looking firefighter, dressed in a...
5/22/24 Washington D.C. – District Of Columbia Ambulance Stolen While On A Medical Call – Under Investigation
May 22, 2024 www.yahoo.com The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said officers detained someone who is accused of stealing an ambulance in Northwest Wednesday afternoon. MPD said officers were in the 3800 block of 14th St. NW investigating. Officials said while...
5/19/24 Sacramento, CA – Command Vehicle Belonging To The EMS Captain Was Stolen From The Firehouse – Pursuit By Police And Helicopter – Spike Strips Were Used To Disable
May 19, 2024 www.local12.com A suspect has been arrested after he stole a fire truck from the Sacramento Fire Department. The truck was a red F-150 that belonged to the EMS Captain. Police remained in pursuit of the truck until it was disabled by a spike strip. The...
5/2/24 Santa Rosa, CA – Ambulance Stolen With EMTs In The Back – Police Chase – Spike Strips
May 2, 2024 www.kron4.com Santa Rosa officers arrested a man who allegedly stole an ambulance after he asked for a ride to go a hospital, police said Thursday. At 7:53 p.m. Wednesday, officers learned that there was a person in an altered state at the Russian River...
4/29/24 Huntington, WV – A Cabell Ambulance Was Stolen From A Medical Call – Suspect On The Run
April 1, 2024 www.wsaz.com A person accused of stealing an ambulance is on the run on Monday, according to Cabell County EMS. Cabell County EMS Director Gordon Merry said medics were on a call when the ambulance was stolen from a recovery home on Monday morning. The...
4/17/24 Clayton County, GA – Suspect Stole Amerimed Ambulance From Hospital With Paramedics In The Back – The Medics Were Able To Jump Out – Pursuit – PIT Maneuver – Suspect Tried To Run Away – Tased
April 17, 2024 www.11alive.com A man somehow managed to allegedly steal an Amerimed ambulance parked outside Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge on Wednesday. The medics were still inside the ambulance but managed to escape by jumping out of the back of the...
4/17/24 Las Vegas, NV – Suspect Steals Ambulance While Paramedics Were Helping A Patient At A Medical Call – Crashes Into Another Vehicle – Injuries – Suspect Taken Into Custody
April 17, 2024 www.news3lv.com One person is in custody after crashing a stolen Las Vegas fire department ambulance Wednesday morning, officials said. The vehicle was taken from the 400 block of Fremont Street around 6:15 a.m., according to Las Vegas Metropolitan...
4/7/24 Greensboro, NC – Woman Steals Piedmont Triad County Ambulance – Crashed Into State Trooper – Severe Damage
April 7, 2024 www.myfox8.com Several emergency agencies responded after an ambulance crashed on South Holden Road in Greensboro, according to Guilford County EMS. At around 10:58 p.m. on Saturday, Guilford County first responders and several other agencies came to the...
3/21/24 Douglas, GA – Coffee Regional Medical Center Patient Steals Ambulance – Jumps Out – Crashes The Ambulance Through A Fence – Patient Charged
March 21, 2024 www.walb.com One man was arrested Wednesday night after stealing a Coffee Regional Medical Center ambulance and crashing it, according to police. Douglas Police Chief Brannen Pruette said around 7:45 p.m., a psychiatric patient who was being treated at...
3/12/24 Moncton, CAN. – Ambulance Stolen From Moncton Hospital – Recovered Shortly After – No Injuries
March 12, 2024 www.tj.news An ambulance was quickly recovered after being stolen from The Moncton Hospital. A spokesperson for Ambulance NB confirmed that the theft happened on Monday. “RCMP was contacted and the unit was located shortly thereafter without any damage...
3/11/24 St. Louis, MO – Ambulance Dispatched To Psychiatric Call – After Arrival The Ambulance Was Stolen – Found A Couple Miles Away – Woman Taken Into Custody
March 11, 2024 www.fox2now.com One person was taken into custody after an ambulance was stolen overnight in north St. Louis. There was a very quick and sizable response from the authorities after the incident happened. City police were able to track down the stolen...
3/3/24 Zebulon, NC – Patient Assaults EMS Worker – Steals Ambulance – Crashes – Police Officers Chase Down Ambulance – Arrested
March 3, 2024 www.cbs13.com A would-be patient is now jailed on a $100,000 secured bond after stealing a Wake County ambulance during a Zebulon medical call at Walmart Sunday afternoon, police said. The incident was reported around 2:15 p.m. at the Walmart at 841 E....
3/1/24 Alberta, CAN – Suspect Charged With Breaking And Entering At Islay Fire Hall Then Stealing Fire Truck – Suspect Was Found In A Stolen Motorhome
March 1, 2024 www.edmonton.ctvnews.ca A 25-year old man was arrested by RCMP in Mannville, Alta., this week in a stolen motorhome. The motorhome, valued at $220,000, was reported stolen from a business in Kitscoty. On Tuesday, the motorhome was spotted driving...
2/22/24 Monroe Township, PA – Patient At Hospital Steals Ambulance From Clarion Hospital – EMS Employee In The Back Of The Ambulance Stops It From Happening – Charges Filed
February 22, 2024 www.exploreclarion.com State Police in Clarion say a 33-year-old man is behind bars after he reportedly stole a Clarion Hospital ambulance in an attempt to leave the emergency room. According to court documents, Clarion-based State Police filed...
2/21/24 Fairfax County, VA – Suspect Walks Away From Hospital Before Getting Discharged – Steals Private Ambulance With IV In His Arm – Ditched It – Fled On Foot
February 21, 2024 www.nbcwashington.com A search is underway for a man who survived a major crash, left treatment in a hospital gown with an IV in his arm and stole an ambulance from Inova Fairfax on Monday, police say. Earlier in the day, the suspect was a passenger...
2/20/24 Virginia Beach, VA – Ambulance Stolen From Virginia Beach General Hospital – Police Were Able To Take The Suspect Into Custody
February 20, 2024 www.wavy.com One person is in custody after allegedly stealing an ambulance from Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Tuesday evening. Police said it happened around 7:20 p.m. Shortly after the vehicle was taken, police were able to take the...


















































