FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A man is behind bars accused of stealing an ambulance and leading police on a slow-speed chase.
It started just after 9:30 pm Sunday at a home in east central Fresno on Lamona and Peach.
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Police say American Ambulance paramedics were there for an emergency but left the keys inside the vehicle.
That's when 26-year-old Gilberto Martinez of Reedley got in and drove off.
Police followed him until he pulled over at the Clovis Avenue exit off Highway 180.
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Martinez said he was trying to get back to Reedley to see his wife and child.
The stolen ambulance was returned, and Martinez was booked into the Fresno County jail.