Woman arrested for stealing medical transport van
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Lindsey Louise Kirkman, 27, was arrested early yesterday morning and charged with grand theft of a vehicle after allegedly stealing a medical transport van at Shands.
Kirkman was reportedly leaving UF Health Shands Hospital at about 4:30 a.m. yesterday when she saw a medical transport van that had been left unlocked, with the rear doors open, while the medical transport staff went to get a patient.
Kirkman allegedly closed the back doors of the vehicle, got in, and drove away. Security staff at the hospital saw her entering the vehicle and unsuccessfully tried to stop her.
A GPS tracker in the vehicle enabled Alahuca County Sheriff’s Deputies to locate and stop the vehicle near the northbound 402 mile marker on I-75. Gainesville Police Department then arrested Kirkman for the theft.
Kirkman, whose listed address is in Gainesville, has one felony conviction (violent) and nine misdemeanor convictions (one violent); she is on probation in Leon County for battery on a law enforcement officer. She also has an active warrant in another county. Judge Thomas Jaworski set bail at $2,000.
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Very low bail!!…but that out of county VOP warrant will be a no bond hold, so she’s not going anywhere anytime soon
Why to go Tommy Boy. $2000.00 for someone who has warrant in another county and is on probation. You are a peach of Judge.
Crime of opportunity…lock your doors people…and by all means don’t leave your car running and unlocked while you are inside for “just a second.” This delivery driver should be fired, too.
Unfortunately that was how they were trained. Transit keeps vehicle running so it remains cool/warm for the client. Company is changing it now. But for over 18yrs never been a problem. Don’t blame the people working. They simply did their job. Blame the one who broke the law.
The door locks should have a PIN code like some Fords do, then.
Bro down here in South Florida flat out stole and drove a firetruck through several counties a month or so ago. Crazy to think people this unhinged and oppurtunistic walk among us (and vote, and breed, and so on…).
Unless she had a spare ignition key for the van then how was she able to steal it?
Complete negligence by the driver and should be fired.
Actually they were trained that way. To keep vehicles cool/warm for patients. The people working that night did absolutely nothing wrong.
What is wrong with this judge, $2000 bail what a joke
And I bet she used Medicaid at Shands, too.
Or NOTHING
They failed to mention she did all this with one leg… She only got one leg yall…