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1/29/23 Buckeye, AZ – Fire Department Ambulance Stolen By Woman From Hospital – Police Chase – Captured
January 29, 2023 www.fox10phoenix.com A woman is accused of stealing an ambulance from the Buckeye Valley Fire District on Sunday. Police say it was stolen in the morning from the hospital near 92nd Avenue and Thomas Road. That's where Banner Estrella Medical...
1/27/23 Mustang, OK – Man Steals Mustang FD Medical Response Unit From Medical Call – Police Chase – Captured
January 27, 2023 www.centraloklahomaweeklies.com There was an extra amount of buzz at the Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City on Friday night. Mustang Police Department officials, with the help of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Oklahoma City Police Department, made an...
1/17/23 Penticton, Can – Ambulance Stolen From Penticton Regional Hospital – Located A Few Blocks Away – Suspect Found Hiding In Bushes
January 17, 2023 www.pentictonwesternnews.com A man has been arrested and charged after taking a joyride in an ambulance stolen from the Penticton Regional Hospital. On Jan. 17, RCMP responded to reports that a man had gained entry into an ambulance parked at the...
1/16/23 San Francisco, CA – Thief Jumps In Unoccupied Ambulance – Chased By CHP – Ambulance Abandoned In Oakland – Suspect Fled On Foot
January 16, 2023 www.cbsnews.com A thief took off in a stolen ambulance in San Francisco on Monday evening and drove it all over the Bay Area before abandoning it, the California Highway Patrol has confirmed. The chase passed through San Francisco, San Mateo and into...
1/14/23 Baltimore, MD – Ambulance Stolen From Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center – Thief Had Control Of It For 5 Minutes – Located – Suspect Arrested
January 14, 2023 www.cbsnews.com First responders scrambled to recover an ambulance after it was stolen from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on Saturday. Fire officials learned that the ambulance had been stolen from Bayview Hospital around 8:45 p.m., Baltimore...
12/18/22 South Kingston, RI – South Kingston EMS Vehicle Stolen From EMS Station – Found Abandoned on Rt. 95 In Cranston – Man Later Captured
December 18, 2022 www.wpri.com A Charlestown man was arrested on several charges after he allegedly stole an emergency medical service vehicle. South Kingstown police said that around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, an EMS vehicle was stolen from the back parking lot of the South...
12/9/22 Pittsburgh, PA – Man Steals Pittsburgh EMS Ambulance While Paramedics Were Treating Patient – 20 Miles Away – State Police Used Spike Strips – Captured
December 9, 2022 www.yahoo.news.com A man was arrested early Friday after Pittsburgh police said he stole an ambulance while paramedics were handling a medical call in Mt. Washington. Paramedics were treating a patient around 4:30 a.m. on West Sycamore Street when the...
12/9/22 Horry County, SC – Coastal Medical Transport Ambulance Stolen Near Conway Medical Center – Crash – Suspect Fled The Scene – Investigation
December 8, 2022 www.wbtw.com Authorities are investigating after a stolen ambulance crashed Thursday afternoon on Highway 501 at Burning Ridge Road. A News13 viewer provided this video of the crash taking place. According to Conway police spokesperson, someone stole...
12/6/22 Memphis, TN – Choctaw Emergency Ambulance Stolen From Regional One Hospital – Found Abandoned – Escaped
December 6, 2022 www.yahoo.com In July 2021, an ambulance was stolen from Regional One while paramedics were taking a patient inside the hospital. Police said the suspect drove the ambulance to St. Charles Street and Breedlove in North Memphis. Investigators learned...
12/3/22 Elizabeth City, NC – Pasquotank-Camden Ambulance Stolen From Motorsports Event – Man Taunting Over Radio – Triple Digit Speeds – Pursuit To Virginia – Tried To Break Into Ambulance Safe – Captured – Interior Damage To Ambulance
December 3, 2022 www.dailyadvance.com A local man is facing charges after allegedly stealing a Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Medical Services ambulance Saturday morning and taking it on a nearly hour-long ride before being apprehended by Virginia police. Interim police...
11/29/22 Latta, SC – Man Breaks Into Fire Station – Steals Rescue 1 – He Is Found 8 Hours Later 150 Miles Away In NC Unable To Pay For Gas – Damaged Vehicle And Equipment
November 29, 2022 www.wmbfnews.com A man is facing a larceny charge after Latta Police say he broke into the town Fire Station and took a rescue vehicle around 4:30 a.m. Monday. He was found about eight hours later in Nash County North Carolina, thanks in part to an...
11/24/22 Charleston, WV – Thanksgiving – Woman Steals Cedar Grove Ambulance From Hospital – Woman Crashes Over Street Signs And Cement Barrier Into River – Divers Next Day Recover Her Body In Submerged Ambulance
November 23, 2022 www.uptexas.org UPDATE (11:03 A.M.) – The driver of the stolen ambulance has been identified as Elizabeth Reed of Hinton, WV, according to Charleston police. UPDATE (10:57 A.M.) – Crews have successfully pulled the ambulance out of the Kanawha River....
11/23/22 University Park, TX – FD Ambulance Stolen From Medical Call – Found In Hurst, Texas At McDonalds – The Homeless Man Inside Was Found With The Stolen Paramedic Vest – Questioned And Arrested
November 23, 2022 www.uptexas.org On Sunday, November 20, shortly before 5 a.m. UPFD paramedics responded to an “assist invalid” call in the 3500 block of Northwest Parkway. After completing in-home care for the resident, paramedics returned curbside to find that...
11/16/22 Springdale, AR – Springdale FD Ambulance Stolen From Northwest Medical Center – Police Chase – Back To Hospital – Foot Chase – Captured
November 16, 2022 www.5newsonline.com Springdale Police Captain Jeff Taylor states that police were dispatched to Northwest Medical Center after receiving a call at 7:41 p.m. about a stolen ambulance. According to Captain Taylor, police gave chase to the ambulance...
11/7/22 Atlanta, GA – Grady Ambulance Stolen From Atlanta Hospital – Patient Discharged From Hospital – Police Chase – Runs Red Lights – Captured
November 7, 2022 www.fox5atlanta.com A man is in custody facing charges after police say he left the hospital in Atlanta where he was being treated to take an ambulance out for a spin. Officials say early Monday morning the paramedics went inside Emory Hospital...
11/4/22 Nashville, TN – Man Just Discharged – Steals St. Thomas Hospital Ambulance – Pursuit – Refused To Stop – Long Chase – Stopped When It Could No Longer Drive – Captured – Helicopter
November 4, 2022 www.iheart.com A man is facing multiple charges after he reportedly stole an ambulance minutes after he was discharged from a Nashville hospital, leading authorities on a multi-county pursuit last week. Saint Thomas Midtown hospital called Metro...
11/2/22 Anadarko, OK – Woman On Narcotics Enters Fire Station And Steals Medic 1 Ambulance – High Rate Of Speed – Crashes Into Civilian Pick Up – Ambulance Damaged – Arrested
November 2, 2022 www.kfor.com Police say a Caddo County woman was arrested for stealing an ambulance from the Anadarko Fire Station Tuesday morning. “Untrained, driving an ambulance, high rate of speeds, you know, she did hit a vehicle,” said Eric Harlan, the Anadarko...
10/31/22 Brooklyn, NY – Interfaith Emergency Ambulance Stolen From Interfaith Emergency Entrance In Brooklyn, NY – Ambulance Found Abandoned 6 Miles Away – Escaped
October 31, 2022 www.audacy.com An ambulance was stolen from a Brooklyn hospital Sunday and the thief who took it on a six-mile joyride has not yet been arrested, police said. The incident happened around 7 a.m. when cops got a 911 call about an unauthorized driver...
10/21/22 Travis City, MI – Man Steals Rescue One Ambulance From Medical Call – Police Chase And Stop Man – Arrested
October 21, 2022 www.upnorthlive.com A routine medical call in Traverse City turned bizarre Wednesday when an ambulance was stolen. The Rescue One Ambulance was on a call late Wednesday night, when someone jumped into it and took off. According to Captain Steven Ball,...
10/19/22 Chicago, IL – Unknown Steals Chicago FD Ambulance From Station – Found 3 Miles Away – Suspect Escaped – Minor Damage
October 19, 2022 www.wgntv.com A Chicago Fire Department ambulance was stolen from a station on the city’s West Side overnight. Police responded to the 1100 block of South California around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday after reports of someone stealing an ambulance. The...
10/3/22 St. Louis, MO – Valle Ambulance Stolen In Crystal City Chased Into St. Louis – Hit Two Police Cars – Massive High Speed Chase – Lots Of Damage – Captured
October 3, 2022 www.stltoday.com The driver of an ambulance stolen in Crystal City was chased by St. Louis police officers through south city before being stopped in the Patch neighborhood on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. The Valle Ambulance District ambulance reportedly hit...
9/13/22 Norfolk, VA – Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad Ambulance Stolen From Sentra Norfolk General Hospital – Crashed A Quarter Mile Away – The Ambulance Just Unloaded A Shooting Victim – Stolen By A Patient Just Leaving The Hospital – Escaped
September 13, 2022 www.13newsnow.com Police in Norfolk are searching for a driver who stole and crashed an ambulance Tuesday morning. According to a spokesperson from VB EMS, the incident began in Virginia Beach. Dispatch received a call around 1:10 a.m. about a...
9/11/22 Alcorn, MS – Rescue Truck Stolen From Union Center FD – Rescue Truck Was Stolen From Unattended Volunteer Station – Missing
September 11, 2022 www.fox13memphis.com Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for information on finding a stolen rescue vehicle. The truck was stolen on Sep. 11 in the early morning from the Union Center Volunteer fire department, the sheriff’s office...
8/30/22 Fayette County, TX – County EMS Truck Stolen From Fayette County EMS Garage – Found Abandoned – Suspect Then Stole A Farm Tractor From A Nearby Residence – Captured
August 30, 2022 www.news4sanantonio.com Authorities arrested a man in connection with a string of thefts that included taking a pickup truck, EMS vehicle, and a tractor, according to the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. Deputies had an interesting morning on Tuesday...
8/29/22 San Francisco, CA – Man Attacks San Francisco FD Ambulance With Wooden Stick – Steals The Ambulance And Tried To Run Over Paramedics By Chasing Them Down
August 29, 2022 www.sfstandard.com San Francisco Fire Department paramedics were left shaken after their ambulance was stolen by a man wielding a “stake from a tree” Monday morning, officials said. The pair of Local 798 paramedics escaped unharmed after the incident...
8/26/22 Siskyou County, CA – 34 Year Old Man Steals CAL Fire Pick Up From Fire Location – High Speed Pursuit – Crossover To Oncoming Traffic – 100 MPH – Captured
August 26, 2022 www.krcrtv.com A 35-year-old man from Fernley, Nev. was arrested this week after stealing a CAL FIRE vehicle and leading deputies on a pursuit through Yreka, Calif. Just after 1 p.m. on Aug. 26, the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) said they...
8/22/22 Glynn County, GA – 20 Year Old Patient Steals Glynn County Fire Rescue Ambulance Just As They Arrived At SE Georgie Brunswick Hospital – Reckless 80 MPH Pursuit – Ran Vehicles Off Road – Spike Strips Then Severe Damage Off Road – Ran Captured
August 22, 2022 www.news.yahoo.com After being transported to Southeast Georgia Health System’s Brunswick hospital by a Glynn County Fire-Rescue ambulance crew before dawn Monday, authorities say a man promptly jumped behind the wheel of the vehicle that transported...
8/18/22 Corrales, NM – Medical Call – Suspect Steals Corrales FD Medical Fire Truck From Scene – Lights And Sirens For 56 Miles – Dangerous Driving – Spike Strips At High Rate Of Speed – Wrong Side Of Road – Captured
August 18, 2022 www.kob.com Police tracked down a fire truck reported to be stolen Tuesday morning from the Corrales Fire Department. The Rio Rancho Police Department issued an alert to be on the lookout for a stolen Corrales fire truck. The alert was issued just...
8/8/22 Athens, AL – Stolen Vehicle Crash – Athens Limestone Ambulance Stops To Help – Man Steals The Ambulance – EMT Falls Out Of The Back Injured – 2nd EMT Kidnapped – Crash – Man Then Steals Tanner Volunteer FD Truck And Totals It – Escaped – K9 Captured Him
August 7, 2022 www.wtvy.com A man was arrested Sunday morning after stealing an ambulance and then a firetruck after crashing the ambulance. According to the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, Tyrek Hayes was picked up by an Athens-Limestone EMS ambulance for a...
8/2/22 Houston, TX – Man Steals Houston FD Ambulance From West Houston Medical Center – Drives To Hamburger Whataburger – Crashes Head On Into Car At Drive Thru
August 2, 2022 www.kxxv.com As first published by ABC13 in Houston, a driver crashed a stolen ambulance head-on into customers waiting in a Whataburger drive-thru. Authorities have since determined that the ambulance was taken from the West Houston Medical Center. The...
7/27/22 Henderson, KY – Man Steals Ambulance From Henderson Based Deaconess Hospital – Police Have The Suspect In Custody After Stealing And Escaping
July 27, 2022 www.tristatehomepage.com An Evansville man is arrested after being accused of stealing an ambulance. According to police, officers were called to Deaconess Hospital in Henderson around 9:30 Tuesday night after the ambulance went missing. Police...
7/24/22 Syracuse, NY – Fire Department Medical Pick Up Stolen From Medical Call – Police Chase – Suspect Hit Medium – Wrong Way On Highway – Rolled Several Times
July 24, 2022 www.firehouse.com A Syracuse Fire Department pickup truck stolen early Friday morning was found using the vehicle’s GPS heading onto the New York State Thruway, fire officials said. The truck was stolen at about 1 a.m. from in front of a residence in the...
7/22/22 Forsyth County, NC – Catawba County EMS Ambulance Stolen After Dropping Off Patient At Wake Forest Baptist Hospital – Trooper Chase – Stop Sticks – Captured
July 22, 2022 www.wbtv.com North Carolina State Highway Patrol was led on a unique chase Friday morning – a stolen ambulance headed down Interstate 40. The ambulance was from Catawba County but stolen in Forsyth County, according to troopers. It was dropping a patient...
7/22/22 Ashland, MT – Ambulance Stolen From Unattended Firehouse During The Night – Smashed Through The Garage Door – Found 20 Miles Away Abandoned
July 22, 2022 www.krtv.com An ambulance was stolen on Friday, July 22, 2022, in Ashland, and the Rosebud County Sheriff's Office found it on Saturday. The Ashland Quick Response Unit was stolen from the ambulance station between midnight and 4:15 a.m. on Friday....
7/18/22 Mission, TX – Woman Pushes Down Security Guard And Steals City Of Pharr EMS Ambulance – Police Pursuit – Woman Captured
July 18, 2022 www.krgv.com The ambulance was stolen by a recently discharged 31-year-old female patient at Mission Regional Medical Center, according to city spokesperson Daisy Martinez. The ambulance was transporting a patient to the hospital when the woman – who was...
7/4/22 Abbotsford, Can – Fire Rescue Stolen From Fire Call – Chase – Spike Strips – Severe Damage
July 4, 2022 www.abbynews.com Someone swiped a small two-person Surrey fire truck just before noon Monday as a fire crew was dealing with another “incident” in North Surrey. The F-550 is one of several such vehicles servicing the city’s downtown. Surrey Fire Chief...
6/30/22 St. Louis, MO – A Christian Hospital Ambulance Was Stolen From A Medical Call In Spanish Lake – An Emotionally Disturbed Person Crashed The Ambulance In St. Louis
June 30, 2022 www.stltoday.com St. Louis County police used GPS to track the movements of a stolen ambulance Thursday, then arrested the man who took it after he crashed in St. Louis eight miles away. No one was hurt in the theft or, later, in the crash, police said....
6/29/22 Minneapolis, MN – Fire Department SUV Stolen – Public Asked For Help Locating Missing SUV
June 29, 2022 www.kstp.com Minneapolis police said Wednesday that officers have recovered an SUV belonging to the Minneapolis Fire Department that was stolen on Monday. Police thanked the public for tips that led to the vehicle’s recovery. However, no arrests had been...
6/23/22 Louisville, KY – Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Department Ambulance Stolen From Louisville Hospital – Chase – Used The Police Radio – Boxed In On Highway – Captured
June 23, 2022 www.wdrb.com Louisville police said a man is in custody after he stole an ambulance from the Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Department. According to Dwight Mitchell, a spokesman for the Louisville Metro Police Department, officers were called to Jewish...
6/13/22 Los Angeles, CA – LAFD Ambulance Stolen Form Sherman Oaks Hospital – Pursuit – Crashes Into A Pick Up And SUV Then Takes A Light Pole Down – 4 Injured – Female Arrested
June 13, 2022 www.mercurynews.com A Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance stolen from Sherman Oaks Hospital collided with a pickup and an SUV in Panorama City while it was briefly pursued by police early Sunday, June 12. The ambulance was stolen from the hospital at...
6/1/22 Henderson, NC – A Warren County EMS Ambulance Was Stolen From A Call – Chased By NC Highway Patrol And Captured Man
June 1, 2022 www.warrenrecord.com The Henderson Police Department has made an arrest in connection after a Warren County Emergency Medical Services ambulance was stolen at the Sheetz at 619 Ruin Creek Rd., Henderson, on Sunday morning. According to the police...
5/25/22 Franklin Twp, PA – Man Steals Bushkill Falls Ambulance From Lehigh Valley Pocono Hospital – Police Pursuit – Captured – Arrested
May 25, 2022 www.local21news.com A man was taken into custody on Tuesday after police say he stole an ambulance and drove it throughout Carbon County. State Police in Lehighton responded to State Route 209 in Franklin Township around 5:30 PM on Friday for a report of...
5/20/22 Indianapolis, IN – Man Steals Indianapolis Medical Services Ambulance From The Eskenazi Hospital – Long Police Chase – Ambulance Had Lights And Sirens On – Man Jumps Out Of Ambulance And Hides Under School Bus – Captured
May 20, 2022 www.wthr.com A man was taken into custody Friday morning after IMPD said he stole an Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services ambulance and led police on a chase that ended on the city's near north side. According to IMPD, the incident started Friday...
5/12/22 Ruidoso, NM – Mescalero Apache Tribe Ambulance Stolen By Intoxicated Man From Lincoln County Medical Center – Crashed Into Tree One Mile Away – Captured Near Scene With Ambulance Keys – Arrested
May 12, 2022 www.kob.com A man is facing several charges after he reportedly stole and crashed an ambulance from a hospital. Court records state that 33-year-old Dustin Poolaw of Ruidoso reportedly stole the ambulance Monday afternoon while it was parked at the...
5/9/22 Wilmer, TX – Woman Steals Wilmer FD Ambulance From Baylor Medical Center – She Turned On Lights And Sirens – Police Chase – Hit And Run In Garland – Crash Through Guard Rail – Captured
May 9, 2022 www.nbcdfw.com An Austin woman is in custody in Garland, accused of stealing an ambulance and leading police on a chase Sunday. Garland Police said officers were called to a hit-and-run crash involving an ambulance on the 400 block of Sonora Road at 4:50...
5/4/22 Greer, SC – Greenville County Ambulance Stolen By The Patient Being Treated – Crashed Into Pole
May 4, 2022 www.wspa.com A stolen ambulance crashed into a police Wednesday afternoon in Greenville County. According to the Greer Police Department, officers are currently on South Suber Road at Clement Road with a Greenville County ambulance that crashed into a...
5/2/22 Tucson, AZ – Man Steals Tucson Fire Rescue Truck From Fire Call – Police Captured
May 2, 2022 www.kold.com A man was detained after he allegedly stole a rescue truck from Tucson firefighters on Monday, May 2. A Tucson Fire Department spokesperson confirmed the truck was stolen while firefighters were at a scene. Tucson police said the truck, which...
5/1/22 Portland, OR – Single Vehicle Crash – Man Ran Away – Came Back And Stole A Woodland Ambulance – Police Chase – Tried To Pin The Ambulance – Rammed Cruiser – Crashed Into Building – Captured
May 1, 2022 www.ktvu.com Oregon State Police say they arrested a 30-year-old Winnetka, California, man who led them on a wild chase in a stolen ambulance. Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 near Portland on Friday night, KPTV reported. The...
4/26/22 Chicago, IL – Man Steals Chicago FD Ambulance From In Front Of FD – 10 Mile Dangerous Police Chase – Stop Sticks Flatten Tires – Runs – Captured
April 26, 2022 www.abc7chicago.com A man is charged for leading police on a nearly 80-mile chase throughout the Chicago area Monday in a stolen ambulance. Benjamin K. Herrington, 46, of Chicago, was charged with fleeing to elude a peace officer, resisting or...
4/22/22 Detroit, MI – Man With History Of Mental Illness Steals Detroit Fire Department Ambulance – Found Incoherent – Arrested
April 22, 2022 www.detroitnews.com A 29-year-old Detroit man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a Detroit Fire Department ambulance Wednesday on the city's west side, Michigan State Police said. Detroit police notified state police at about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday...