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NC woman arrested after stealing ambulance from hospital

The woman stole the ambulance from a medical center; police were able to quickly track the ambulance down because of its GPS tracker

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Photo courtesy of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office

The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A woman in North Carolina has been charged with stealing an ambulance from a hospital.

WCNC-TV reports that security cameras caught 36-year-old Autumn Prieschl getting behind the wheel of the ambulance around 10 p.m. Thursday at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

The ambulance had a GPS tracker, so police were able to stop it. A spokesman for MEDIC says crews often leave keys in their trucks so they can get to an emergency quickly.

Prieschl has been charged with larceny of a motor vehicle and trespassing. It wasn’t known if she had an attorney.