Virginia hospital patient steals ambulance after walking out in medical gown, IV in arm: police

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A hospital patient is wanted in Virginia after he walked out of his treatment and stole an ambulance while still wearing a hospital gown and with an IV still in his arm on Monday, authorities said.

The theft happened around 9:30 p.m. outside Inova Fairfax Hospital, where the suspect had been receiving treatment following a vehicle crash on I-66, the Fairfax County Police Department said.

“While not yet discharged, he walked away from treatment with an IV in arm, jumped in a private transport ambulance and stole it,” the department said, adding a photo of the suspect taken inside the ambulance.

While the ambulance was later recovered, police have yet to find the suspect.

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Police said the suspect was still wearing a hospital gown and had an IV stuck in his arm when he left the hospital and stole an ambulance. (Fairfax County Police Department )

Police identified the man as 32-year-old Rickey Lowe of Manassas, FOX5 Atlanta reported.

He is described as a Black man weighing 300 pounds with a shaved head and tattoos on his arms.

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The suspect stole an ambulance outside the Inova Fairfax Hospital, police said. (Google Maps)

Police said Lowe was a passenger in a crash on U.S. Route 50 in Virginia earlier that day, the station reported. 

Police believe the vehicle Lowe was in had been stolen from a home in Manassas. Investigators recovered two firearms and narcotics from inside the vehicle following the crash, according to the local station.

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Authorities asked anyone with information about the suspect’s whereabouts to contact police.