Walsall man charged after paramedics attacked and ambulance stolen
A man has been charged with stealing an ambulance and assaulting paramedics who were trying to help him.
Simon Lewis was arrested after police received a report that a man was acting violently towards an ambulance crew who had been called out to a flat in Bloxwich High Street on May 15.
The unemployed 37-year-old is alleged to have assaulted two ambulance staff before driving off in the emergency vehicle.
The ambulance was forced to stop near Green Lane Baptist Church by a police response vehicle.
Lewis, of High Street, was subsequently charged with aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, common assault, assault by beating and using a motor vehicle without insurance.
He has been bailed to appear before Walsall and Aldridge Magistrates Court on 9 September.
