Michael Paul, 25, who was arrested, faces charges of grand theft and driving without a valid license.
Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue officials said the ambulance was stolen from the emergency room area of the hospital around 5:30 p.m. Sept. 9. The ambulance crew was in the hospital transferring a patient to a room.
“They arrived at the hospital and unloaded a patient, and as they were checking that patient into emergency, a patient who’d just been discharged decided to take off with the vehicle,” Broward Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Joy Oglesby told NBC Miami.
The ambulance had a GPS tracker, which made it easy to locate, a police report said.
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