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.
UpdatedSat, Jan 16, 2021 at 9:50 am ET
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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.