GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The man accused of stealing an ambulance while under the influence, will be arraigned in Geauga County Court of Common Pleas Wednesday.

Patrick Dowling was indicted on the charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, disrupting public services, OVI, and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license.

Geauga County Sheriff Scott A. Hildenbrand said Dowling was at UH Chardon Health Center on Oct. 14, when he ran outside, jumped into an ambulance, and drove away.

There was nobody else inside the ambulance.

Deputies caught up to the ambulance several miles away in Newbury Township.

Dowling was taken into custody without incident.

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