Overview
- San Antonio police say a woman took control of an ambulance while medics were loading a patient at a downtown Wells Fargo and was arrested after a multi-highway pursuit.
- The seizure, which happened Wednesday morning, lasted about 22 miles as officers tracked the vehicle by helicopter before taking the suspect into custody on Southwest Military Drive near U.S. Highway 90.
- Police identified the suspect in court records as Alecsis Skie Roberts, 30, and say she faces multiple third-degree felony charges including three counts of kidnapping, an evading-arrest charge and a vehicle-theft count tied to the ambulance.
- The two medics and the patient were not injured; the Fire Department moved the patient to a different ambulance for transport and the medics were evaluated and released to go home.
- Witnesses told police the woman had recently been released from a local hospital but that detail is unconfirmed as investigators and prosecutors prepare formal charging decisions and possible medical or competency evaluations.