Cantonment Man Charged With Breaking Into Ambulance Outside Hospital ER

July 22, 2022

A Cantonment man is accused of breaking into an ambulance after an incident this week at the West Florida Hospital emergency room.

Joshua Daniel Deluca, 24 was charged with felony unarmed burglary of an authorized emergency vehicle, trespassing failure to leave upon request, and disorderly conduct. He remained in jail Friday morning with bond set at $17,000.

An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy was waiting on a room with a patient when she observed Deluca running, jumping and screaming, “God be with us!”, an arrest report states. The deputy exited the ER and observed Deluca in a prone position near an ambulance and a marked Sheriff’s Office vehicle. He was bleeding from hitting his head on the pavement, the report continues.

A nurse told deputies that Deluca was calm prior to being discharged. When he was told that he had to leave the emergency room, he became irate and ran through the ER screaming and knocking over medical equipment, according to an arrest report. His belongings were placed near the main ER entrance.

Deluca ran and jumped into an unlocked, running ambulance that was parked nearby and got into the driver’s seat. A nurse “assisted” Deluca from the driver’s seat to prevent him from driving away in the ambulance and potentially hitting people that were nearby.

Deluca was trespass-warned from West Florida Hospital, unless seeking medical treatment.

Comments

4 Responses to “Cantonment Man Charged With Breaking Into Ambulance Outside Hospital ER”

  1. Clinda on July 24th, 2022 8:39 am

    Obviously this man is mentally unstable. He’s at the hospital where they could transfer him to the mental health unit, but instead they release him with a trespassing violation. What is wrong with you people! No wonder we have so much crime; our law enforcement won’t seek help for people like this, they just release for them to do something like this again! What a joke

  2. Nurses saving lives like on July 22nd, 2022 11:40 am

    “Nurse assistant him out of the Ambulance “ Nurses are the real Hero’s ♥️

  3. Bill T on July 22nd, 2022 9:15 am

    This young man needs to get some mental health help ASAP !! Most people with these issues can’t help themselves and must get professional help in order to get better!!! It’s sad because most of the time their lives are in desperation 24/7 !!! Without the proper help people like this only get worse !!! Of course that’s my opinion I may be completely wrong !!!!

  4. tg on July 22nd, 2022 8:40 am

    More Mental Case News today. Be careful theres a lot of them out there.

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