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January 15, 2021
TALBOT COUNTY, Md. Maryland State Police say they’ve arrested a man who reportedly stole an ambulance Friday night in Dorchester County.
Police say just before 8:10 p.m., troopers were contacted about a Emergency Medical Services ambulance that was stolen from outside the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester.
Troopers say they were able to locate the ambulance traveling west on Route 50 in Cambridge, Maryland. The suspect, identified as 52-year-old Augustus Redditt of Baltimore, activated the ambulance’s emergency equipment in an attempt to move vehicles out of the way.
According to police, Redditt eventually lost control of the ambulance, leaving the roadway in the 5100 block of Ocean Gateway in the area of Tarbutton Mill Road and rolled the vehicle over before coming to a stop. Fortunately, there were no patients or other passengers in the ambulance at the time it was taken.
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Maryland State Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Stealing Ambulance In Dorchester County
January 15, 2021
(CAMBRIDGE, MD) – Maryland State Police arrested a man who is suspected of stealing an ambulance Friday evening in Dorchester County.
Shortly before 8:10 p.m. on Friday, Maryland State Police were contacted regarding a Dorchester County Emergency Medical Services ambulance that was stolen from outside the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester.
According to a preliminary investigation, troopers located the ambulance traveling west on Route 50 in Cambridge, Maryland. The suspect, later identified as Augustus Redditt, 52, of Baltimore, Maryland, activated the ambulance’s emergency equipment in an attempt to move vehicles out of the way.
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Augustus Redditt, 52, of the 1600 block of Calhoun Street in west Baltimore, is being held without bail in Dorchester County on multiple charges, including unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, court records show. (Shutterstock)
DORCHESTER COUNTY, MD A Baltimore man has been charged with driving under the influence and other offenses after police said he stole an ambulance on the Eastern Shore. No patients or passengers were in the ambulance at the time, according to authorities.
Augustus Redditt, 52, has been charged with multiple offenses, including unlawful taking of a motor vehicle; intentional false alarm; malicious destruction of property greater than $1,000; and theft greater than $100,000, court records show. Police said he was also charged with driving under the influence, drug possession and traffic offenses.