A malfunction meant police at first had trouble finding the vehicle, officials said.
HOUSTON - A man was arrested after police said he stole an ambulance and led them on a chase through the Houston area.
Police said it started at a Kroger grocery store where the suspect appeared to be helping a woman, then took off in her car.“We saw the gentleman pull up in a four-door sedan. He pulled right into the fire station’s parking lot, jumped out, ran inside the open bay, jumped in the ambulance and was gone within a minute,” said Chris Murray, who works near the fire station.“We had some challenges with the automatic vehicle location on it,” said Houston Fire Chief Rodney West.
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