Police Seeking 30-Year-Old Man For Ambulance Theft

Bristol Township police are seeking a 30-year-old man for allegedly stealing an ambulance.

Cody Lynn-Phipps, who is homeless, is being sought in connection with the Tuesday night theft of a Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad ambulance, police said.

An arrest warrant on charges of robbery of a motor vehicle, theft, receiving stolen property, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and escape was filed for Lynn-Phipps by Bristol Township police Wednesday morning, according to court records.

Police said the whole incident started around 8:30 p.m. when township officers were called to Kenwood Drive and Kindle Lane in the Levittown section for a report of a man laying in the roadway.

Officers found Lynn-Phipps in the area and identified him, police said.

Lynn-Phipps reportedly told officers he was homeless and tired from walking, leading to him laying in the street.

Police said Lynn-Phipps was arrested at that time on warrants from the Bucks County Adult Probation Parole Department.

Lynn-Phipps was taken to the police station on Bath Road to await Bucks County Sheriff’s Office deputies for transport to the county prison, authorities said.

While at the police station, Lynn-Phipps became unresponsive and started convulsing, authorities said.

A Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad ambulance was dispatched to the Bristol Township Police Station on Bath Road at 9:30 p.m. for the call, according to dispatch logs.

Lynn-Phipps was given a dose of Narcan and the Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad responded to transport the 30 year old to nearby Lower Bucks Hospital for treatment in the emergency department, police said.

“Once he was at the hospital and as soon as he had opportunity, he unbuckled himself and escaped, taking the running rescue squad outside. Hospital surveillance video confirmed the incident,” police said.

The ambulance was recovered unoccupied and undamaged around 11:10 p.m. at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Norwood Avenue in Bristol Township’s Croydon section, police said.

A Croydon resident spotted the ambulance and called police.

A silver Honda CR-V was stolen on nearby Garfield Avenue shortly after the ambulance was recovered, but Bristol Township police were still working as of Wednesday afternoon to determine if the two incidents were connected.

A Philadelphia Police Department helicopter assisted Bristol Township police in their nighttime search for the ambulance and suspect.

Lynn-Phipps has had previous police contacts over his adult life, but he pleaded guilty last month in a resisting arrest and public drunkenness case and a theft case, according to court records.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lynn-Phipps has been asked to call police dispatch at 215-785-4040.

Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.

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