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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...
3/3/25 Concord, NH – Woman Steals A Lifestar Ambulance From New Hampshire Hospital And Hits A Mail Box – Drives It To A Church – Arrested
March 3, 2025 www.patch.com CONCORD, NH — Concord police, New Hampshire State Police troopers, and others spent about 30 minutes tracking down a stolen ambulance on Friday night. Around 7:30 p.m., police dispatch received a call from Concord Hospital security...
2/28/25 Louisville, KY – Saint Matthews Ambulance Stolen From Louisville Hospital – Ambulance Found Abandoned After It Hit A Pole – Escaped
February 28, 2025 www.wlky.com An ambulance was recovered just minutes after being stolen from a downtown Louisville hospital Friday night. Louisville Metro Police Department said a St. Matthews ambulance was stolen from UofL Health - Jewish Hospital around 7:30 p.m....
2/26/25 Chicago, IL – Man Steals Ambulance From Hospital – Ambulance Found 15 Miles Away – Man Taken Into Custody
February 26, 2025 www.wgntv.com Authorities have recovered an ambulance that was stolen Wednesday from the ambulance bay at an area hospital. The red and white-colored Elite ambulance was taken from Swedish Hospital, located at 2739 West Foster Avenue, at about 12:30...
2/18/25 Forest City, AR – Woman Steals Forest City Ambulance From Forest City Medical Center – Arkansas State Troopers Do A PIT Maneuver To Stop The Ambulance – Arrested
February 18, 2025 www.thewynneprogress.com A Memphis woman is facing charges in St. Francis County after allegedly stealing an ambulance from the Forrest City Medical Center. The incident occurred last Thursday night. The Forrest City Police Department was alerted...
2/15/25 Huntington, WV – Woman Steals Cabell County EMS Ambulance – Police Pursuit – Refused To Stop For Troopers – Boxed In – Arrested
February 15, 2025 www.wsaz.com A large police presence was seen traveling Route 60 in Cabell County on Saturday afternoon as law enforcement pursued a woman in a stolen ambulance. According to a press release from West Virginia State Police, troopers from the...
2/12/25 Warner Robins, GA – Man Steals Houston Health Care Ambulance From Middle Flint Behavioral Health Center – Police Found The Ambulance Speeding And Operating Recklessly – Police Chase – Drove Through Open Field Into A Ditch Causing Significant Damage To The Ambulance – Arrested
February 12, 2025 www.41nbc.com A man accused of stealing a Houston Health Care ambulance led police on a high-speed chase through Warner Robins before being arrested Wednesday morning, according to the Warner Robins Police Department. Officers responded at 8:30 a.m....
2/2/25 Lansing, MI – Woman Steals East Lansing Ambulance From Michigan Health-Sparrow Hospital Ambulance Bay – Arrested
February 2, 2025 www.wilx.com Lansing Police arrested the person they believe stole an East Lansing ambulance Sunday afternoon. It happened just before 2 p.m. at the University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Hospital on East Michigan Avenue in Lansing. Police tell News 10...
1/18/25 Bullhead City, NV – Man Climbed Over Rear Wall Station To Steal Bullhead City Ambulance – Ambulance Spotted 50 Miles Away In California On Highway – California Highway Patrol And Other LEO Chase To Stolen Ambulance – Man Captured
January 18, 2025 www.mojavedailynews.com A Bullhead City Fire Department ambulance was recovered over 50 miles away from Bullhead City after a man allegedly stole it and drove it into California. Chase Duquette, 33, of Bullhead City, has been charged on suspicion of...
1/18/25 Windsor, CT – Man Broke Into Volunteer Fire Station – Lights Fire In Fire Station – Steals Fire Pick Up Truck – Entered Into Massachusetts – Was Pulling Over Civilian Vehicles With Emergency Lights – Massachusetts State Police Got 911 Calls – Find Him – Chase Him – Arrest Him
January 18, 2025 www.ctinsider.com Massachusetts State Police arrested a Windsor man who used a stolen fire station pickup truck to stop other vehicles on the highway in that state before trying to flee state troopers, according to Massachusetts police. Kristian...
1/13/25 Beardstown, IL – Ambulance Stolen From Hospital – Long Police Chase – Crashed Ambulance – He Had Assaulted Hospital Staff
January 13, 2025 www.khqa.com A man who stole and crashed an ambulance in Rushville has now been charged with attempted murder. James Bowman of Ripley had stolen a Beardstown ambulance from Culbertson Hospital on January 9th. Bowman fled the hospital in the...
12/24/24 Honolulu, HI – Command SUV Stolen – Honolulu EMS Vehicle Located 3 Hours After It Was Stolen
December 24, 2024 www.khon2.com A stolen Honolulu Emergency Medical Services vehicle has been located. Oahu residents were advised to be on the lookout for the stolen SUV during the afternoon hours of Christmas Eve. It was stolen on Dillingham Boulevard in Kalihi...
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...


















































