Man drinks beer while driving stolen ambulance in Marietta: police

The Brief

  • A 38-year-old man was arrested after allegedly stealing an ambulance from a Marietta RaceTrac parking lot.
  • Police say cameras inside the ambulance captured the driver drinking a beer while driving the stolen emergency vehicle.
  • Police say the suspect later tried to enter secured doors at a nearby hospital.

MARIETTA, Ga. A 38-year-old man faces multiple charges after he allegedly stole an ambulance from a local gas station and drove it to a hospital while drinking a beer, according to Marietta police.

Marietta ambulance theft

What we know:

A man stole an ambulance from the parking lot of a RaceTrac gas station on Church Street, according to the Marietta Police Department. Cameras inside the emergency vehicle showed the driver drinking a Bud Light and failing to wear a seat belt while driving down the road.

An officer working a separate detail heard the radio description of the suspect and realized he had just spoken to the suspect. The officer said 38-year-old Eric Jordan had tried to get into the hospital through secured doors.

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