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Private ambulance stolen from outside Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

A spokesperson for Sentara confirms a patient at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital stole an ambulance parked outside the ER.

NORFOLK, Va. — A patient stole a privately-owned ambulance parked outside Norfolk General Hospital Friday evening, a Sentara spokesman confirmed.

The theft was reported around 5:30 p.m., according to city police. 

The ambulance, which was operated by a private medical transport company, was outside the hospital's emergency room at the time. Later, police officers with Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) found the vehicle a couple blocks away on Gresham Drive.

EVMS staff also took the suspect into custody. Police say the person was taken to receive further medical treatment.

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