Dyer woman arrested after stealing ambulance from Gary hospital

GARY, Ind. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Police recovered an ambulance shortly after it was stolen from a hospital in Gary Saturday night.

Paramedics told police someone took the ambulance from the emergency room entrance of Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus at around 7:34 p.m.

The NWI Times said it happened while the paramedics were inside with a patient.

Gary police put out an alert and about 10 minutes later, police in Griffith found the ambulance in a Walgreens parking lot about six and a half miles away and arrested a 44-year-old Dyer woman who was inside.

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