Woman Steals Oklahoma Ambulance

    Dec. 11, 2009
    DEL CITY, Okla. -- A woman is in the Oklahoma County jail after allegedly stealing an ambulance early Friday. State troopers said Mindy Jones, 28, took the $120,000 emergency vehicle from Shawnee Regional Medical Center. Jones was at the hospital undergoing a blood test after she was arrested for a hit-and-run crash earlier in the night, authorities said. A trooper spotted the stolen ambulance east of Oklahoma City and tried to pull over Jones.

    DEL CITY, Okla. --

    A woman is in the Oklahoma County jail after allegedly stealing an ambulance early Friday.

    State troopers said Mindy Jones, 28, took the $120,000 emergency vehicle from Shawnee Regional Medical Center. Jones was at the hospital undergoing a blood test after she was arrested for a hit-and-run crash earlier in the night, authorities said.

    A trooper spotted the stolen ambulance east of Oklahoma City and tried to pull over Jones.

    The short chase ended when Jones parked the ambulance in the front yard at a house. Troopers said Jones was trying to find her ex-boyfriend.

    Jones admitted to Eyewitness News Five that she took the ambulance.

    "I had the ambulance and I had a pretty good time driving it," Jones said.

    Jones faces several charges. No one was hurt and the ambulance was not damaged.

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