Man steals ambulance, takes it to get KFC, Doritos and cigarettes
(Meredith) – Police near Houston, Texas said a man stole an ambulance that was sitting outside of a psychiatric hospital and then drove it to KFC to order food.
Police tell KTRK the man – who has not been publicly identified – also stopped for some Doritos and cigarettes during his joy ride.
Police said the man stole the ambulance early Thursday morning after it was left running with the keys in it. The man is a former patient of the psychiatric hospital, KTRK reports.
Lt. Lynwood Moreau with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the man told him he took the ambulance because he “needed a ride.”
“I rolled up on him, opened the door, asked him why he had the ambulance – he said he needed a ride,” Moreau told KTRK.
The man is in jail, charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
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