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Tenn. man arrested after stealing ambulance with EMT inside

John Edward Shanks, 29, was taken into custody and charged with auto theft over $100,000, kidnapping, reckless endangerment and burglary of an auto

Chattanoogan.com

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A man stole a Memorial ambulance that was at Erlanger on Friday afternoon while the driver was inside. The man was later arrested after the driver got him to bail out by yanking him from behind.

A call was received by Hamilton County 911 at 2:09 p.m. regarding an ambulance from Memorial being stolen from the Erlanger emergency room parking lot. Further information was that an employee was inside the rear of the ambulance at the time it was stolen.

The driver of the Memorial Hospital ambulance stated to deputies he dropped a patient off at Erlanger’s emergency room and then pulled the ambulance out of the way due to the amount of ambulance traffic.

Full story: Man Steals Ambulance With Driver Inside; He Bails Out After Driver Yanks At Him From Behind