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.