Listen Live
   
Rickey Smiley Birthday Beach Blowout 2024
Rickey Smiley Morning Show Featured Video
CLOSE
ambulances in ambulance bays at hospital

Source: Tom Carter / Getty

Well, that’s one way to make sure you get your order right.

A man in his 60s was arrested and taken into custody early Thursday after he allegedly stole an ambulance from a psychiatric hospital to make a food and cigarette run. Yes, a food run.

Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. (Terms and conditions).

The ambulance was tracked electronically after he was stolen from outside Cypress Creek Hospital according to deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle and the thief were found a couple miles south of the facility at a gas station located on W. RIchey at Ella.

Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

When deputies arrived, they found the suspect inside the ambulance with fried chicken from KFC and cigarettes. As to why he stole the vehicle, the man said he needed a ride. He’ll be charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, according to deputies.

SEE ALSO: Nike Apologizes To Black Family Who Say They Were Racially Profiled & Accused Of Stealing

He was previously a patient at the hospital where the stole the ambulance.

Throwback Photos Of The Rickey Smiley Morning Show
New Rickey Smiley Graphics
13 photos

ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM:

Man Steals Ambulance From Houston Area Pysch Hospital To Go On A Food Run  was originally published on theboxhouston.com