Overview
- Police say Benjamin Feltz, 37, climbed into the driver’s seat of a staffed ambulance in Wisconsin Rapids and drove off with a 50-year-old patient onboard.
- A medic who tried to intervene had to jump from the moving vehicle, according to arrest records.
- Officers pursued the ambulance for about 40 minutes over roughly 18 miles at speeds exceeding 90 mph before it became stuck in a muddy field and Feltz was arrested naked.
- No injuries were reported to the patient or suspect, and authorities noted only minor damage to the ambulance.
- Feltz is being held on a $100,000 cash bond on four felony and six misdemeanor counts; police say he lacked a valid driver’s license and told officers he drank floor cleaner after a breath test showed 0.00 alcohol.