When you leave your car with a valet, you expect it to be safe, but that wasn't the case for a man who came to Cleveland for a medical procedure.

A 19-year-old Cleveland Clinic valet worker is being charged with aggravated speed, reckless operation, failure to show proof of financial responsibility and receiving stolen property after taking a Mercedes-Benz for a joyride while on the clock.

Around 1:30 a.m., Newburgh Heights Police Sgt. Rachel Halaska said officers stopped a Mercedes on Interstate 77, which they said was traveling over 120 mph in a 60 mph zone.

Once the car was pulled over, the officer learned the driver was not the owner, who was at the hospital— it was a 19-year-old valet parker for the clinic who "decided to go on a joy ride to go to the store" and was making his way

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