A man is accused of robbing a Rogers Park convenience store less than six hours after police released him from custody for allegedly stealing an ambulance just a few blocks away. And prosecutors say he was already on probation for robbing yet another store in the neighborhood.
According to police and court filings, the chain of events began on the evening of August 21, when an Elite Ambulance crew was picking up a patient at 7350 North Sheridan Road. The crew left the vehicle running with its keys in the ignition and — you guessed it — when they returned, the ambulance was gone.
Using the ambulance’s onboard video system, workers saw a man driving the rig southbound on Sheridan Road. Chicago police tracked the ambulance through GPS pings and found it parked in the 6300 block of North Sheridan. Officers arrested 50-year-old Brandon Burt, who was allegedly in the driver’s seat. The vehicle was not damaged…