According to 6ABC.COM, Wednesday, EMTs were responding to a woman having a seizure in MontgomeryCounty. They were preparing to transport her when investigators say a man swiped the $140,000 van, fully stocked with medical supplies & equipment. 2 camera angles show the man speeding through traffic, passing vehicles, & running red lights. The suspected thief probably thought he had an edge on the ambulance company since he was monitoring the police radio, but he apparently didn’t realize a camera on the windshield was rolling.
UPDATED:
Police say they have arrested the man wanted for stealing an ambulance in Norristown after a rooftop standoff on Thursday.
The suspect has been identified as 39-year-old Carlos Bouie of 300 East Penn Street, Norristown.
Police say Action News viewers identified Bouie and called police after seeing the the report on the stolen ambulance, which included a clear shot of the suspect’s face.
Police went to his home on Wednesday night, but there was no answer. Officers went back at 6:30 a.m. Thursday but Bouie allegedly spotted them and climbed on the roof of his neighbor’s home.
He stayed up there for six hours. A photo submitted to Action News from norristown.patch.com showed Bouie standing on the roof with his hands in the air.
Eventually, police say, he became tired and hungry and came down from the roof after his sister brought him some food.
