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Man arrested in Kanawha County for stealing ambulance

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man is in custody for allegedly stealing a Lincoln County ambulance Tuesday afternoon.

South Charleston Police said Holden Stapleton, 40, was arrested in connection to a robbery at the WVU Medicine Thomas Hospital in Kanawha County while workers were bringing a patient into the facility.

Authorities said they stopped the ambulance on Route 119 near Childress Road in South Charleston, and Stapleton was brought into custody without issue.

Stapleton is in the South Central Regional Jail on $20,000 cash-only bail.





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