Published News Articles
10/30/20 Laurens County, GA – Inmate That Escaped From Georgia State Prison Steals Prison Fire Rescue Ambulance – High Speed – Pit Maneuver – Rollover – Totaled
October 30, 2020 www.11alive.com An inmate who escaped from Georgia State Prison overnight is back in custody after a chase in Laurens County involving an ambulance. According to a news release, the Georgia Department of Corrections was aware an inmate escaped and...
10/30/20 Worcester, MA – Man Steals Ambulance From Medical Call – Drives Himself To UMASS Memorial Hospital – No Reason To Go To Hospital – Arrested At Hospital
October 30, 2020 www.wcvb.com A Worcester man is accused of stealing an ambulance and driving it to a city hospital. Police were called Thursday evening to Oriol Drive in Worcester for a report of an ambulance that had just been stolen. Paramedics told officers they...
10/26/20 Lansing, MI – Sparrow Hospital Bay – Lansing Fire Department Ambulance Stolen By Man – Traffic Stop – Police Arrested An Unknown 51 Year Old
October 26, 2020 www.wilx.com (WILX) - UPDATE: The Lansing Police Department has identified the suspect in the theft of an ambulance from Sparrow Hospital Monday. Jonas Encarnacion, 50, has been charged with one count of unlawful driving away of an automobile. The...
10/20/20 Laurel County, KY – London-Laurel County Rescue Ambulance Stolen In Front Of Fire Station – Found Overturned And Totaled
October 20, 2020 www.ems1.com A thief allegedly took off with a military Humvee belonging to the London -- Laurel County Rescue Squad Tuesday morning, police said. The massive 1999 military vehicle was stolen from Main Street in London around 2 a.m. Tuesday, police...
10/1/20 Shreveport, LA – Woman Steals Shreveport FD Medic Unit 5 Ambulance From Ochsner’s Hospital – Police Were Able To Locate And Block Her In – Arrested
October 1, 2020 www.ksla.com According to Shreveport fire Chief Wolverton, video footage shows a woman stole medic unit 5 from Ochsner’s hospital at approximately 8:40 p.m. Due to all medic units having a locator, the hospital was able to give the information on the...
9/18/20 San Francisco, CA – Fire Department Ambulance Stolen With Medics And Patient In Back – One Medic Climbs Up Front To Engage And Stop The Ambulance
September 18, 2020 www.ems1.com A man allegedly stole a San Francisco Fire Department ambulance on Thursday with paramedics and a patient still in the back. Officials say medics were treating the patient in the rig Thursday morning when someone got into the driver's...
9/16/20 Windham, CT – Teen That Was At The Hospital For Treatment From Prior Crash – Stole The Willimantic Fire Ambulance And Crashed – Ambulance Out Of Service
September 16, 2020 www.wfsb.com A teen accused of stealing an ambulance from a hospital in Windham didn't get very far, according to police. Jose Trujillo, 18, was at Windham Hospital on Tuesday when he stole and crashed the ambulance on hospital grounds. Police said...
9/7/20 Alice, TX – Man Brought To Hospital Unresponsive – Jumps Up And Runs Outside – Chased By Security – Steals Alice Ambulance – Crashes Into Telephone Pole – Whole Area Looses Electricity
September 16, 2020 www.wfsb.com A teen accused of stealing an ambulance from a hospital in Windham didn't get very far, according to police. Jose Trujillo, 18, was at Windham Hospital on Tuesday when he stole and crashed the ambulance on hospital grounds. Police said...
9/4/20 Laurens County, SC – Fire Rescue Truck Stolen From Gray Court Fire Department – Unknown When It Was Taken – Sheriff’s Department Searching For It
September 4, 2020 www.indexjournal.com A fire truck was stolen from the Gray Court Fire Department, and Laurens County deputies are seeking the public’s help to find it. A fire rescue truck was taken from the department some time between 10 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m....
9/1/20 Polk County, OR – Brush Truck Stolen From Fire Station – Only Small Items Stolen From Fire Truck – Suspect Escaped
September 1, 2020 www.kptv.com A brush truck stolen from the Sheridan Fire District's Ballston Station on Monday has been found, according to fire officials. Fire officials said the 2019 Ford F550 was taken after the station was illegally entered on Monday between 11...
8/24/20 Concord, NH – Man At Concord Hospital Ambulance Bay Gets Into A Hopkinton Fire Department Ambulance Driver’s Seat – A Security Guard Immediately Pulls Him Out And Prevents Him From Stealing It
August 24, 2020 www.concordmonitor.com Ford Explorer in the city. Not long after, an officer located the vehicle near a homeless encampment off Blackhill Road, but no one was inside. A man at the campsite told police that Dawson had given him a ride there in the Ford...
8/15/20 Toledo, OH – Mercy Health St. Vincent’s Medical Center Lifestar Ambulance Stolen From Hospital – 3 County Pursuit By Multi Agencies – Tires Deflated – Texas Man Arrested
August 15, 2020 www.toledoblade.com A Texas man was arrested early Saturday after leading police on a three-county chase in a stolen ambulance. Troopers from the Toledo post were dispatched about 3 a.m. to check on an ambulance that was parked along U.S. 24 in Lucas...
8/13/20 Chicago, IL – An Elite Ambulance Was Stolen While Treating A Patient 45 Minutes Later The Ambulance With Lights On Crashed Into A Passenger Car – 2 Injured – Ambulance Thief Ran Off – Escaped
August 13, 2020 www.cwbchicago.com Two people were injured when a stolen ambulance crashed into a passenger car in Lakeview early Thursday, police said. The driver of the stolen ambulance then ran from the scene. An Elite ambulance crew reportedly left their rig...
8/10/20 Tupelo, MS – While Paramedics Were Treating A Patient In The Back Of The Ambulance – A Woman With A Machete Starts To Drive Away – A Paramedic Was Able To Turn The Keys Off – The Woman Charged The Paramedic With The Machete And Ran – Foot Chase – Arrested
August 10, 2020 www.ems1.com A woman was arrested Saturday night after trying to steal an ambulance and attacking a paramedic with a machete. Tupelo police spokesman Capt. Chuck McDougald said an ambulance crew responded to a house in the 600 block of North Church...
8/3/20 Sanatoga, PA – Unidentified Person Steals Northern Berks EMS Ambulance From Pottstown Hospital – Crashed Into Law Office Building – Damage To Gas Meter – Heavy Damage – Escaped
August 3, 2020 www.sanatogapost.com A so-far-publicly-unidentified suspect, but one on whom Lower Pottsgrove police said they have already gathered information, allegedly stole an ambulance late Monday afternoon (Aug. 3, 2020) from near Pottstown Hospital and, at...
7/28/20 Texas A&M, TX – Locked Ambulance Stolen From Health Center – Found At The Music Center – Escaped
July 28, 2020 www.kbtx.com On Saturday, July 25, 2020, the Texas A&M University Police Department received a report of a stolen ambulance on campus. The 2011 Dodge Texas A&M University ambulance was last seen at 8:00 pm on Friday, July 24, 2020, in Parking...
7/27/20 Stayton, OR – Santiam Hospital Ambulance Stolen From Hospital – Found Completely Burned – Destroyed On A Logging Road – $1000 Reward For Information
July 27, 2020 www.ems1.com An Oregon hospital is offering a $1,000 reward for information about the theft of an ambulance last week that ended with the rig being discovered in flames. Santiam Hospital has put forward the reward in the continuing investigation of the...
7/22/20 Stanislaus County, CA – Medical Call – Patient Steals Oak Valley Hospital District Ambulance – Chase – High Risk Stop – Bean Bag Shot
July 22, 2020 www.kcra.com A woman led officers and deputies on a chase through Stanislaus County and San Joaquin County after stealing an ambulance, according to the sheriff’s office. Riverbank police responded to the 3100 block of Orange Avenue on Wednesday around...
7/20/20 Kansas City, KS – Johnson County MedAct Ambulance Stolen From Hospital Bay At The University Of Kansas – Found Abandoned – Escaped
July 20, 2020 www.fox4kc.com A Johnson County MedAct ambulance was stolen Monday afternoon in front of the University of Kansas Health System. Johnson County MedAct said the incident happened just after 3 p.m. With the help of an onboard tracking system and the...
7/11/20 Chicago, IL – Man Wearing A Firefighter Uniform Steals LifeLine Ambulance – Then CarJacks A Vehicle After Taking Property From The Ambulance – Escaped
July 11, 2020 www.wgntv.com A private ambulance and a car were stolen Saturday morning by a suspect wearing a firefighter uniform in Streeterville. At around 10 a.m., Chicago police were dispatched to the 100 block of West Oak Street on the report of a stolen...
7/4/20 Los Angeles, CA – Ambulance Stolen By Woman – Long Dangerous High Speed Chase With Lights And Sirens On – Narrowly Missed Vehicles – Captured
July 4, 2020 www.nbclosangeles.com A woman behind the wheel of a stolen Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance was arrested at the end of a pursuit Saturday night on streets southeast of downtown LA. The ambulance was on streets in Vernon and South Gate, at times...
7/1/20 Birmingham, AL – Regional Paramedical Service (RPS) Ambulance Was Stolen From East Glen Rehab – Went Off The Road In Trussville, AL – Suspect Arrested
July 1, 2020 www.abc3340.com According to the Trussville Police Department, an ambulance was stolen from a Birmingham nursing home on Wednesday around 5:00 p.m. The ambulance was later found in Trussville after its GPS coordinates were sent to authorities by the...
6/23/20 Volusia County, FL – EVAC – A Volusia County Ambulance Was Stolen From Daytona Beach Hospital – Multi County Chase – Captured
June 23, 2020 www.clickorlando.com A Florida man is behind bars after the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said he stole an ambulance that was idling outside of a hospital and led law enforcement on a multi-county chase. The Daytona Beach Police Department received a...
6/17/20 Beaufort, SC – A NY City Man Steals A Personal Care Ambulance Service Ambulance From The Beaufort Hospital – Wild Chase On I-95 – Spike Strips – Captured
June 17, 2020 www.islandpacket.com A New York City man is accused of stealing an ambulance from Beaufort Memorial Hospital Monday night and leading police on a wild chase that ended when officers deployed a spike strip on I-95, according to authorities. The...
6/17/20 Catawba County, NC – 52 Year Old Man Broke Into A Catawba County Community College Ambulance – Tampered To Steal It – Set It On Fire – Total Loss
June 17, 2020 www.wbtv.com Authorities have charged a man accused of setting an ambulance on fire in Catawba County Tuesday night. Officials say the ambulance, owned by Catawba Valley Community Colleges (CVCC) Paramedic Training program, was stored in a rear parking...
6/13/20 Anne Arundel, MD – Woman Steals Ambulance Right Out Of The Fire Station – Crashed Into Van – Injuries – Woman Ran Off
June 13, 2020 www.baltimoresun.com A woman stole an ambulance Saturday afternoon from the West Annapolis fire station that was then involved in a crash in Annapolis that seriously injured another driver, officials said. Anne Arundel County Fire Department Lt....
6/9/20 Louisville, KY – Metro Officers Responded To The Frazier Rehab – Ambulance Stolen From Baptist Health – Police Pursuit – Recovered – Currently Assessing Damage – Captured
June 9, 2020 www.whas11.com One person is in custody after leading Louisville Metro police on a short pursuit in a reportedly stolen ambulance, Metrosafe says. According to Metrosafe, LMPD responded to a stolen vehicle call at Frazier Rehabilitation around 8:18 p.m....
6/7/20 Chicago, IL – Man Steals Paramedic Fire Department Ambulance On Medical Call While Paramedics Are Loading The Patient – Crashed Ambulance
June 7, 2020 www.chicago.suntimes.com A man is in police custody after attempting to steal a marked Chicago Fire Department ambulance on Sunday in Chicago’s South Austin neighborhood, according to officials. Paramedics were loading a patient into an ambulance on the...
5/29/20 Winnipeg, CAN – Ambulance Stolen From Medical Call – Naked Man On Meth Crashes And Captured
May 29, 2020 www.globalnews.ca A naked man stole an ambulance Friday morning before crashing the emergency vehicle into a cultural centre about a block later. According to a credible source, medical personnel were in the West End when they came across a man believed...
5/21/20 Fort Worth, TX – Medstar Ambulance Stolen From Medical City Fort Worth Hospital – 30 Minutes Later Suspect Stopped And Arrested
May 21, 2020 www.dfw.cbslocal.com Officials in Fort Worth say a man stole an ambulance from outside a hospital and took it on a short joyride Tuesday night. A MedStar Mobile Healthcare spokesperson said a crew had left an ambulance running — which is apparently...
5/8/20 LaFayette, IN – Woman Steals Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance From The IU Health Arnett’s Emergency Room – Stopped By Guard That Chased Her – Arrested
May 8, 2020 www.jconline.com When a cab wasn't quick enough, 40-year-old Wanda Luis Rodriguez decided to steal an ambulance parked outside of the IU Health Arnett emergency room, according to prosecutors. An IU Health Arnett security guard noticed Rodriguez waiting on...
5/6/20 Erie County, IN – Ambulance Stolen – Police Chase – Refused To Stop – Police Vehicles Block Him – Captured
May 6, 2020 www.post-journal.com An ambulance that made its way from Erie County had law-enforcement from the area in pursuit. The ambulance, which traveled through the village of Fredonia, was finally stopped by police in the Plaza 59 complex around 2 p.m. Tuesday....
5/6/20 Grand Prairie, CAN – Bonnyville Ambulance Stolen From Bonnyville Healthcare – Spotted On Highway By RCMP – Spike Deflation Twice – Captured
May 6, 2020 www.everythinggp.com A Grande Prairie man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly stole an ambulance in Bonnyville on Friday. Bonnyville RCMP say they got a call around 7:00 p.m. on May 1 about an ambulance that was stolen from the Bonnyville...
4/26/20 Lubbock, TX – Female Suspect Steals Lubbock AID Ambulance – Pursued By Texas DPS And Hockley County Sheriff’s Office – Spike Strips Laid Down – Suspect Resisted Arrest – Tased
April 26, 2020 www.kcbd.com Area law enforcement recovered a stolen ambulance near Levelland on Saturday afternoon. Lubbock and Levelland police pursued and stopped the vehicle with help from Texas DPS and the Hockley County Sheriff’s Office. We’re told this was a...
4/17/20 Kingman, AZ – Man Broke Window Of Ambulance At Kingman Hospital – Steals It – Ambulance Found Man – Runs And Captured
April 17, 2020 www.mohavedailynews.com An ambulance parked outside the emergency room was stolen from the parking lot at Kingman Regional Medical Center early Thursday. Kingman police responded at 4 a.m. to the hospital at 3269 Stockton Hill Road. Officers were...
3/24/20 Terre Haute, IN – Woman Was Hurt After Stealing A TransCare Ambulance From A Hospital – High Speed Chase – Spiked – Crash – Injured Woman – Applied Tourniquet
March 24, 2020 www.wthitv.com Police say a woman was hurt after she allegedly stole an ambulance from a Terre Haute hospital. It happened on Monday when a female suspect reportedly stole a TransCare ambulance from Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She allegedly made it...
3/22/20 Philadelphia, PA – Ambulance Stolen From Jefferson Torresdale Hospital – EMT Jumps Out Of Moving Ambulance To Street – Injured
March 22, 2020 www.ems1.com An EMT in Philadelphia jumped out of the back of a moving ambulance when someone got into the driver’s seat and took it for a joy ride. The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when someone stole the ambulance from outside of the...
3/18/20 Tucson, AZ – Fire Department Pick Up Truck First Responder Vehicle Stolen From Medical Call In Midtown – Crews Were Attending To A Patient Vehicle Found Suspect Escaped
March 18, 2020 www.kvoa.com An investigation has been launched after an individual stole a Tucson Fire Department pick-up truck in midtown Tuesday evening. According to TFD, emergency crews responded to a medical emergency near Stone Avenue and Speedway Boulevard at...
3/15/20 Sterling, IL – Man Steals Hospital Ambulance From CGH Medical Center – Crashes Into Another Vehicle – Rolls Over – Injuries To Both Drivers
March 15, 2020 www.kwqc.com A Sterling man is facing multiple charges after police say he stole an ambulance from CGH Medical Center on Saturday and crashed it. According to a post on the center's Facebook page, a patient ran away from the CGH Emergency Department and...
3/13/20 Enterprise, AL – Woman Steals Enterprise Rescue From Hospital – Chased – Stopped – Captured – Taken To Jail
March 16, 2020 www.wtvy.com On March 13, 2020, at 6:15 AM, the Enterprise Police Department responded to Medical Center Enterprise on a call for a stolen ambulance. A short time later, EPD Patrol Officers located the ambulance and the suspect in the 100 Block of...
3/10/20 Monroe, LA – 3 Suspects Stole A Medlife Ambulance From Morehouse Parish – Traveled To Monroe For An Attempted Break Into The Bayou Pawn Shop – Escaped
March , 2020 www.knoe.com Authorities are asking for your help identifying suspects they say stole an ambulance and attempted to break into a pawn shop. According to Crime Stoppers of North Delta, it happened on March 10, 2020. They say three unknown suspects stole an...
3/6/20 Prince George County, VA – Man Shows Up At Fire Scene – Asks If They Need Help – Jumps Into Ambulance And Moves It – Arrested For Impersonating A Firefighter – Has Long History Of Impersonating Firefighters
March 6, 2020 www.firerescue1.com When the young man showed up on the scene of a King George County trailer fire at 1 a.m. and asked firefighters if they needed any help, something didn’t sound quite right, said Chief David Moody. The man wore a high visibility yellow...
2/29/20 Philadelphia, PA – Man Steals Ambulance – Tried To Run Over Officers – Shot 3 Times – Ambulance Hit And Injured Officer – Smashed Into Multiple Vehicles – 1 Hour Long Chase
February 29, 2020 www.mypost.com A man stole an ambulance and tried to run over an officer who shot him three times, leading to a low-speed chase through Philadelphia that lasted more than an hour Friday night, authorities said. Authorities were called to a motel in...
2/28/20 Bridgeport, WV – Clarksburg Man Steals Harrison County Emergency Squad Ambulance From United Hospital Center And Crashes Into The Hospital – Extensive Damage To The Ambulance And Hospital
February 28, 2020 www.wboy.com A Clarksburg man has been arrested after police said he stole an ambulance and crashed it into UHC, only several feet away from where it was stolen. On Friday, February 28, at approximately 10:08 p.m., 911 operators received a call that...
2/27/20 Norfolk, VA – Medical Transport LLC Ambulance Stolen From Sentara Norfolk General Hospital By A Woman – Ambulance Entered Naval Station Norfolk – Stopped And Captured On Base By Naval Security Forces
February 27, 2020 www.wavy.com A woman is in custody in Norfolk, accused of stealing a private transport ambulance from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Wednesday afternoon. Police got the report that an ambulance had been stolen from the hospital around 12:45 p.m....
2/26/20 Salt Lake City, UT – Woman Steals Gold Cross Ambulance From A Shelter While EMTs were Attending To A Medical Emergency – High Hazard Stop – K9 Bite To Woman’s Arm – Captured
February 26, 2020 www.gephardtdaily.com A suspect allegedly stole an ambulance that responded to the Salt Lake City women’s resource center in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A watch log from the Salt Lake City Police Department said a Gold Cross ambulance was...
2/20/20 Columbia, MO – Man Gets In Chase With MO Highway Patrol – Crash – Taken To MO University Hostpital – Released From ER – Steals Saint James Ambulance – Chase – Captured
February 20, 2020 www.abc17news.com A man suspected of stealing an ambulance at University Hospital on Thursday was being treated for injuries he suffered in a chase with law enforcement. According to an MU Alert post, police were searching at about 4 p.m. for a man...
2/15/20 Albany, GA – Woman Steals Dougherty County Ambulance From McDonalds – Chase And Captured
February 15, 2020 www.walb.com An Albany woman is in custody in connection to a stolen ambulance on Saturday around 6:45 a.m., according to the Albany Police Department. Police said Dougherty County EMS employees stopped at McDonald’s on North Slappey for breakfast....
2/11/20 Charleston, SC – Vehicle Wreck In West Ashley – Suspect Tried To Steal Second Vehicle Then Jumped Into Ambulance To Steal It – Dragged Out Of Ambulance While Stealing It
February 11, 2020 www.live5news.com Charleston police say a suspect attempted to steal two vehicles following a wreck in West Ashley Tuesday afternoon. It happened in the area of Highway 61 at Wallace School Road. Charleston police said the collision happened around...
2/3/20 Dallas, TX – 19 Year Old Female Steals Dallas Ambulance Out Of Firehouse – 200 Miles Later Stopped In Louisiana – Captured
February 3, 2020 www.firehouse.com A woman was arrested Sunday in Louisiana after she was found driving a stolen Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance, officials said. The ambulance was reported stolen from a station in East Dallas around 4:17 p.m., according to DFR spokesman...