Patient Stole Ambulance After Being Brought To Bucks Co. Hospital

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, PA — Bristol Township police are currently searching for a man who allegedly stole an ambulance on Tuesday, March 1.

Cody Lynn-Phipps, 30, a homeless man from Bucks County, is being sought in connection with the alleged theft of a Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad ambulance, which happened on Tuesday night.

Court records indicate that Lynn-Phipps has an arrest warrant for charges of robbery of a motor vehicle, theft, receiving stolen property, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and escape. The warrant was filed by Bristol Township police Wednesday morning.

Before the incident, Lynn-Phipps was arrested on Kenwood Drive and Kindle Lane in Levittown for warrants from the Bucks County Adult Probation Parole Department. He had been laying in the road when police arrived.

Soon after, a Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad ambulance was dispatched to the Bristol Township Police Station on Bath Road, where Lynn-Phipps had become unresponsive. Medics administered Narcan and brought him to Lower Bucks Hospital.

It was after medics parked at the hospital that Lynn-Phipps unbuckled himself and made off with the ambulance, according to police.

The ambulance was found unoccupied shortly thereafter in Croydon, around 11 p.m.

Bristol Township Police issued a five-count arrest warrant for Phipps on Wednesday evening.

Anyone with information on Lynn-Phipps' whereabouts is asked to call police dispatch at 215-785-4040.

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BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, PA — An ambulance from the Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad was stolen from Bristol Township last night, authorities said.

Multiple sources confirmed that Medic 168, a Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad ambulance, was dispatched to the Bristol Township Police Station on Bath Road around 9:30 p.m.

From there, medics took a subject to Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol Township.

That's where the ambulance was stolen shortly thereafter, around 10 p.m., according to police.

No arrests have been made, and further circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.

The ambulance was found about an hour later, authorities said.

"The ambulance was recovered around 11 p.m. last night with the keys still inside abandoned in Bristol Twp.," the Emergency Alerts of Southeastern Pennsylvania said on Facebook. "Police are still searching for a potential suspect."

Police say a warrant will be issued once the person is identified.