Deranged Man Steals Ambulance With Friend Inside Being Attended By Paramedics

Ambulance stolen while paramedics treat patient inside

Oct 11 2010

CHICAGO — Bond was set at $50,000 for a 27-year-old Chicago man accused of stealing an ambulance over the weekend while two paramedics treated someone he apparently knew in the back. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said Jimmy McCoy jumped into the stopped ambulance and drove off with the emergency lights on.

The paramedics then radioed that their ambulance had been stolen with them inside.

Prosecutors said at a hearing Sunday McCoy seemed to think he was driving his diabetic friend to the hospital.

In the Saturday incident, McCoy only made it a few blocks before a fire truck blocked the road. Police surrounded the ambulance and McCoy was arrested.

It was not immediately clear if McCoy had an attorney. It was not immediately clear if McCoy had a psychiatrist either.

There was no telephone listing for a Jimmy McCoy at a home address provided by authorities. In fact it was not clear if the cops had arrested the right man.

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Information from: Chicago Sun-Times, http://www.suntimes.com/index