Man wearing rollerblades accused of stealing ambulance

Police in Gwinnett County, Georgia, recently encountered a man wearing rollerblades who allegedly stole an ambulance after a car accident. Police say their officers responded to a crash on Oct. 11 at around 8pm. An SUV had flipped over, trapping the driver inside, and injuring five others.

As the officer was collecting information at the scene, he said he noticed the ambulance slowly moving backwards. In the police report, the officer said he began to run after the ambulance until he realised there was a man, later identified as Brandon Demarcus Moore, inside driving it backwards at a low rate of speed.



The ambulance went backwards down a hill, missing pedestrians and other vehicles. Police were able to move their patrol cars to block the ambulance, which forced the ambulance off the road where it finally crashed into a brick sign. Police say Moore refused officers’ orders to exit the ambulance so they broke the driver’s side window and forced Moore out. Officers say when they got Moore out, he was wearing rollerblades, which he used to kick them.

Police were able to get Moore to the ground and remove his rollerblades. When officers were questioning Moore about why he didn’t get out of the ambulance, he allegedly told them he was part of the "recon unit" of the fire department. Moore was arrested and taken to the Gwinnett County Jail. The ambulance sustained significant damage. Moore was charged with theft of a motor vehicle, interference with government property, obstruction of an emergency medical technician and obstruction of a law enforcement officer.