The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Harvey man who is accused of stealing an ambulance from a hospital and leading deputies on a chase Wednesday evening.
Authorities were called to West Jefferson Medical Center, 1101 Medical Center Blvd., Marrero, just before 6 p.m. after receiving a report of a man who’d gotten into an ambulance at the facility and taken off, according to Sgt. Brandon Veal, spokesperson for the department.
Deputies dispatched to the scene spotted the stolen vehicle near the intersection of Barataria Boulevard and Patriot Street. Officers activated their lights and sirens, but the driver ignored the patrol cars and sped south on Barataria as other deputies joined the pursuit…