Tampa Man Steals Ambulance,
Tries To Drive Self To Hospital For Treatment
TAMPA,
Fla. (CBS Tampa) – When it came to
getting medical attention, stealing an ambulance and driving it to the hospital
wasn’t such a bad idea at the time for one Tampa man.
Hubert Lee Credit, 39,
was arrested last night after he stole an ambulance and drove himself to the
hospital for treatment for injuries from what Credit claims to have been an
earlier altercation with four men.
At
around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Transcare Ambulance responded to a medical call. As
ambulance personnel were responding to a patient, Credit started up the
ambulance and began to drive off, with the emergency lights activated,
according to Tampa Police. A GPS unit was able to track where the ambulance was
heading. About five minutes after the incident began, police were able to stop
the ambulance at N. Tampa St. and E. 26th Ave.,
according to Tampa Police.
Credit explained to
police that he had gotten into an altercation earlier and needed medical
attention, thus his reasoning for driving off in the ambulance toward the
hospital. When Credit was arrested, there was a noticeable puncture wound to
his head.
“I got beat up by four
guys,” Credit said, according to Tampa Police. “I saw the ambulance and I was
going to drive myself to the hospital.”
Shortly thereafter, he
was transported to Tampa General Hospital for treatment.
Credit has been
charged with auto burglary and grand theft auto. He remains in jail on $4,000
bond, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Peter’s Comment
Obviously, it doesn’t
pay to tamper with a Tampa ambulance. Apparently H L Credit has now changed his
name to D I S Credit.
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