CLEVELAND (WJW) – A valet is out of a job after being accused of taking a Cleveland Clinic patient’s Mercedes on a high-speed drive.
According to a police report, officers clocked the 19-year-old valet going 128 mph on I-77 at about 1:30 Sunday morning.
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Investigators said the car’s owner was in town for a medical procedure and left the car with a valet near the Intercontinental Hotel.
According to the report, the teen told police that he is homeless and just started the job a month ago to try to get back on his feet. He said it was his lunch break and that he drove to a Rally’s to get some food.
When asked why he took keys to a vehicle he doesn’t own, police said the valet told officers that the Mercedes was better than his vehicle, which was a 2015 Chevy, and that he didn’t want to use his gas because he didn’t have any money…