Beaver County 911: Patient steals ambulance, eventually stopped at nearby GetGo
5:00 WITH SHANNON AND ANDREW STARTS RIGHT NOW. NOW ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. THIS IS IT. AARON RODGERS IS RETIRING. THE QUARTERBACK ANNOUNCING THIS WILL BE HIS FINAL SEASON IN THE NFL. WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT COMING BACK AND WHAT LED TO HIS DECISION. A SOUTH HILLS CONTRACTING COMPANY CEASING OPERATIONS ABRUPTLY TONIGHT. HOW THAT AFFECTS NOT ONLY THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS, BUT DOZENS OF HOMEOWNERS. THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION. LAYOFFS AT PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER. THEY CAME SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. WE HAVE DETAILS. THEY’RE KNOWN AS TEAM TAKEOVERS. NOW, ONE CITY COUNCILMAN IS TRYING TO PUT A STOP TO THEM TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FIVE STARTS NOW. A LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT’S CREATING SOME SLICK ROADS DURING YOUR EVENING COMMUTE. AND THIS IS JUST THE START OF A VERY WET PERIOD IN OUR AREA. WE ARE TRACKING IT ALL FOR YOU HERE ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 5:00. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M SHANNON PERRINE. I’M ANDREW STOCKEY, AND WE’RE JOINED BY OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, MIKE HARVEY. SO MIKE, THE FIRST OF THREE IMPACT DAYS AS WE HEAD INTO THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF RAIN THAT’S GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH. THE AREA WILL BE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT AS FAR AS RAIN GOES. WE HAVE RAIN OFF AND ON AS WE GO. NOW, ALL THE WAY THROUGH UNTIL MONDAY. AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE SEEING SOME SHOWERS THAT MOVE THROUGH EARLIER TODAY, AS YOU CAN SEE. AND WE HAVE MORE THAT WILL BE MOVING IN AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT. LOOKING OUT TO THE WEST. YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE CONTENDING WITH AS WE GET INTO TONIGHT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A FEW SHOWERS THAT ARE PUSHING THROUGH TO THE SOUTH. THIS IS WAYNESBURG RIGHT HERE WITH A SPOT OF HEAVY RAIN. THERE’S PITTSBURGH THERE. SO THIS IS ALL MOVING DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS IS THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT THAT’S MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. SO IF YOU’RE UP NORTH, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THE COLDER TEMPERATURES ALREADY. CONNELLSVILLE ALSO WITH SOME A LITTLE BIT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY AS WELL. 10:00 WE’LL GET THAT LIGHT RAIN BEGINNING TO MOVE THROUGH. BY TOMORROW MORNING. WE’LL HAVE RAIN IN THE AREA, BUT IT WILL BE FROM PITTSBURGH DOWN TO THE SOUTH. AND THIS IS 7:00 IN THE MORNING. PRETTY RAPIDLY IT’S GOING TO MOVE OFF AND AWAY FROM US. SO WE WILL BE SEEING DRY CONDITIONS AS WE GO THROUGH, PROBABLY ABOUT FOR MOST OF US, 10:00 FOR NORTH OF PITTSBURGH, IT WILL BE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FROM 10:00. MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE DRY CONDITIONS AND EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE FURTHER NORTHWEST THAT YOU GO. TEMPERATURE WISE WILL BE IN THE 60S FOR TOMORROW, SO IT WILL BE A COOL DAY. LOOKING FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 68 IN PITTSBURGH. WITH THAT MORNING RAIN FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE SOUTH. AS WE GET INTO FRIDAY, RAIN IS GOING TO ARRIVE AS WE GET LATE IN THE DAY OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THAT IS THE MOST WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVING IN. WE HAVE THE TWO IMPACT DAYS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. NOW THIS IS IT. THAT’S THE MESSAGE FROM AARON RODGERS TODAY ABOUT HIS FUTURE IN FOOTBALL. HIS FINAL SEASON WILL BE WITH THE BLACK AND GOLD. AS HE SPOKE WITH THE RETURNING QUARTERBACK ABOUT THIS BREAKING DECISION. WE FOUND OUT AARON RODGERS MIGHT BE SPEAKING AFTER PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY, BUT WE DID NOT EXPECT HIM TO DROP THIS BOMBSHELL. AARON RODGERS WILL RETIRE AFTER THE 2026 SEASON AND BELIEVE THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR. DO YOU THINK OF THAT RIGHT NOW? YES. THIS IS IT. YEAH. AFTER 22 SEASONS IN THE LEAGUE, AARON RODGERS WILL CALL IT QUITS AFTER ONE MORE RUN WITH THE STEELERS. HE’S A FOUR TIME MVP A TEN TIME PRO BOWLER SUPER BOWL MVP AT 42 YEARS OLD. HE’S THE OLDEST ACTIVE PLAYER IN THE NFL. HE SAYS HIS DECISION TO RETURN FOR ONE MORE YEAR CAME AFTER A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH MIKE MCCARTHY, OMAR KHAN AND HIS FAMILY. RODGERS SAYS HE MADE THE DECISION TO RETURN AFTER THE NFL DRAFT. NOW GETTING TO PLAY FOR HIS FORMER COACH, RODGERS SAYS IT’S A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. I LOVE MIKE, MIKE AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER. NOT A LOT OF GUYS OVER THE YEARS, A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM. AND YOU KNOW, IT’S A PRETTY AMAZING GUYS. COACH THREE ICONIC FRANCHISES NOW WITH GREEN BAY AND DALLAS. YOU KNOW IT WAS SURREAL. HONESTLY, SITTING IN THE MEETING THE FIRST FIRST 8:00 MEETING ON MONDAY TOOK ME BACK TO BEING A 22 YEAR OLD KID SITTING IN GREEN BAY LISTENING TO MIKE’S FIRST MEETING IN 2006. SO IT’S FUN. I MEAN, IT’S LIKE A PINCH PINCH ME MOMENTS, YOU KNOW, BEEN HAPPENED THE LAST FEW DAYS. I’M SURE THERE WILL BE MANY MORE PINCH ME MOMENTS THIS SEASON. RODGERS IS LAST IN THE NFL ON THE SOUTH SIDE. ASHLEY OTIS, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS. NOW TO THIS A MASSIVE WATER MAIN BREAK FLOODS THE STREETS OF MCKEESPORT. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO NEAR FIFTH AVENUE AND WALNUT STREET. JUST A MESS. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF STANDING WATER PART OF THE ROAD BUCKLED AND COLLAPSED. CREWS HAVE SHUT DOWN SOME STREETS IN MCKEESPORT, THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY SAYS THIS WAS AN EIGHT INCH BREAK. THE UTILITY ESTIMATES REPAIRS COULD TAKE 6 TO 8 HOURS, COVERING GREENE COUNTY TONIGHT, A WORKER KILLED BY A FALLING ROCK AT A MINE IN ALEPPO TOWNSHIP. STATE POLICE SAY ABOUT 1130 LAST NIGHT. 34 YEAR-OLD ZACHARY WOLF WAS WORKING UNDERGROUND AT THE BAILEY MINE WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED FOR NATURAL RESOURCES. WHO OWNS THE MINE? SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE. RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS MISSING BOY FROM SWISSVALE. THIS IS 12 YEAR OLD ROMARIO SMITH. HE WAS LAST SEEN LAST NIGHT ON SOUTH BRADDOCK AVENUE NEAR WESTMORELAND AVENUE. HE COULD BE AT RISK OF OF HARM. WE ARE TOLD ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE ROMARIO IS SHOULD CALL SWISSVALE. BRADDOCK HILLS REGIONAL POLICE RIGHT AWAY. TONIGHT, ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED THAT A LOCAL CONTRACTING COMPANY HAS SHUT DOWN ABRUPTLY, STOPPING WORK ON MORE THAN 20 HOMES, AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN UNFINISHED JOBS. REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ IS IN UPPER SAINT CLAIR, SPEAKING WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR A SUBCONTRACTOR NOW TAKING MCQUEEN COMPANIES TO COURT. THE SITUATION BETWEEN VENDOR BROTHERS AND THE MCQUEEN COMPANY GOES BACK MONTHS TO NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SO AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS OF NO COMMUNICATION, THAT’S WHEN VENDOR BROTHERS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY DEMANDING PAYMENT THAT WAS NEVER RECEIVED. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SUBCONTRACTORS OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS SUCH AS VENDOR BROTHERS, YOU KNOW, THEY END UP, YOU KNOW, THEY END UP GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK AT TIMES. AND IN THIS CASE, THE SHORT AND THE STICK IS IN EXCESS OF $140,000. THAT’S ROUGHLY HOW MUCH MCQUEEN COMPANIES OWES. VENDOR BROTHERS FOR THEIR WORK ON VARIOUS PROJECTS, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, VENDOR BROTHERS HAD TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS WITH MCQUEEN COMPANY VENDOR BROTHERS REALIZED NO PAYMENT HAD BEEN MADE SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2025, YET VENDOR BROTHERS DID CONTINUE TO WORK. THEIR LAWYER, JOSEPH FELDMAN, REACHED OUT TO MCQUEEN TO ATTEMPT TO GET STRUCTURED PAYMENTS, BUT MCQUEEN WOULD NOT RESPOND. SO A BREACH OF CONTRACT LAWSUIT WAS THEN FILED. INSTEAD OF REACHING OUT TO ME, THEY STARTED REACHING OUT TO MY CLIENT DIRECTLY AND EXPLAINING THAT SINCE THEY HAD SINCE HE HAD AN ATTORNEY REACH OUT TO MCQUEEN, THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER TALK TO HIM DIRECTLY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR DID LEARN THAT OVER 20 HOMES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE SUDDEN SHUTDOWN OF MCQUEEN, SOME HOMES NOW LOSING UP TO $300,000. NOW THAT’S ON TOP OF MULTIPLE SUBCONTRACTORS. ONE SUBCONTRACTOR, HE DID WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS DOES TELL US HE’S OUT ABOUT $180,000. NOW, COMING UP AT SIX, WE’LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF EVERYTHING AND BREAK IT ALL DOWN. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN UPPER SAINT CLAIR. YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. NOW, TO A STORY YOU SAW FIRST ON FOUR TODAY, ALL STAFF MEMBERS WITH PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER HAVE BEEN FIRED. THIS COMES AS THE GROUP CONTINUES A MAJOR MERGER. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM BROKE THIS STORY TODAY JOINS US LIVE NOW. SHELDON, YOU SPOKE WITH STAFF MEMBERS TODAY. WHAT DID THEY SAY? YEAH. WELL, THEY SAY THAT WHEN THEY SHOWED UP FOR WORK FOR YESTERDAY, THEY SAY THAT THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE JOBS. AND THEY SAY THAT IT WAS SUDDEN AND WITHOUT WARNING, YOU’RE ACTUALLY BEING LAID OFF PERMANENTLY. THAT THAT WAS A IT WAS A GUT PUNCH. THERE WERE LOTS OF TEARS BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST DAY WE’RE GOING TO BE WORKING AND SEEING SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES. DOMINIQUE BRIGGS IS ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS LET GO. ACCORDING TO A LETTER GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES BY THE BOARD CHAIR, CHRIS KUBIAK, THE PUBLIC IS STRAINING FINANCIALLY. STAFF MEMBERS SAY THAT THEY WERE ORDERED TO TAKE A 20% PAY CUT DURING THE WINTER. THEY WERE ALSO UNDER AN EIGHT WEEK TEMPORARY FURLOUGH. STAFF RETURNED FROM THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS OF THAT TEMPORARY FURLOUGH YESTERDAY, AND THAT’S WHEN THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEIR JOBS WERE ELIMINATED PERMANENTLY. THAT IMPACTED ABOUT 9 TO 12 STAFF MEMBERS. IT WAS HANDLED WITH LITTLE CARE. IT WAS HANDLED WITH LITTLE, VERY, VERY LITTLE EMPATHY. IT WAS JUST, SORRY, THIS IS YOUR LAST DAY. CAN’T TELL YOU MUCH. I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS HOW IT IS. WE NEED THE MERGER. ALSO TONIGHT, PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER’S BOARD CHAIR HAS NOT RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST FOR A COMMENT COVERING PITTSBURGH IN THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. SHELDON, THANK YOU. A VEHICLE CATCHES FIRE AND CRASHES INTO THE FENCE OF A HOME IN PITTSBURGH’S KNOXVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS A PICTURE FROM A HOMEOWNER OF THE. AT THAT SCENE ON THE INTERSECTION OF KNOX AND MORE AVENUES. THIS ALL UNFOLDED ABOUT 6:00 THIS MORNING. WITNESSES TOLD PEOPLE THEY SAW SEVERAL TEENS FLEE THE SCENE. THOSE TEENS WERE QUESTIONED AND THEN RELEASED. POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH HAS SEEN A SERIES OF SAFETY INCIDENTS INVOLVING TEENS AND NOW CITY LEADERS LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER CHANDI CHAPMAN JOINS US LIVE WITH THIS STORY. CHANDI YOU SPOKE WITH THE CITY COUNCILMAN ABOUT COMBATING THESE SO-CALLED TEEN TAKEOVERS. YES. PITTSBURGH CITY COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY LED A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT STOPPING THESE TEEN TAKEOVERS. AND IT ALL HAPPENED RIGHT BEHIND ME IN THE CITY COUNTY BUILDING. THEY’RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. PITTSBURGH LEADERS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO TRY TO STOP FLASH CROWD DISTURBANCES. AND COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY IS LEADING THE DISCUSSION AT THE CITY COUNTY BUILDING, DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. THEY’RE ALSO COMMONLY KNOWN AS TEEN TAKEOVERS AND FLASH MOBS. AND THESE KIND OF GATHERINGS, THEY’RE USUALLY GENERATED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND CAUSE THESE SPONTANEOUS GATHERINGS THAT UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES END IN VIOLENCE OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. HE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS INVOLVING LARGE GROUPS OF TEENAGERS THAT HAVE LED TO VIOLENCE, LIKE A DEADLY SHOOTING THIS MONTH NEAR MARKET SQUARE. THERE IS A TEMPORARY POLICY IN MARKET SQUARE THAT SAYS MINORS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. FROM 3 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WE’RE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE OF FLASH CROWD DISTURBANCES THAT WE’VE SEEN IN MARKET SQUARE, THAT WE’VE SEEN IN EAST LIBERTY, THAT WE’VE SEEN ON THIS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND REALLY LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSES AND WHAT CAUSES THESE INCIDENTS TO HAPPEN, AND WHAT ARE THOSE DYNAMICS AND HOW CAN WE CREATE STRATEGIES TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER? THESE ARE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, IT’S TIME FOR THE VILLAGE TO COME TOGETHER AND FIND A SOLUTION. THAT’S WHERE PEOPLE LIKE LEON FORD STEPS IN AS A PANELIST TO OFFERS ADVICE REPRESENTING THE HERE FOUNDATION. THERE’S A LOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, BUT THERE’S ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. AND SO I LIKE TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO ABOUT IT. AND PASTOR MICHAEL DAY WITH LEGACY INTERNATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER, IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND WANTS TO HEAR MORE FROM THE TEENAGERS DURING THEIR NEXT MEETING, WHICH MOSLEY SAYS IS PART OF THE PLAN. I’M DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THE YOUTH AT MY CHURCH, SO THERE’S RELATIONSHIP THERE. HOW CAN I HELP? HOW CAN I BE A PART OF THIS? I BELIEVE FAITH COMMUNITY SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION IN THE FIRST PLACE. MOSLEY SAYS HIS OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING RESEARCH FOLLOWING NATIONAL TRENDS AND MEETING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION. MOSLEY SAYS THAT PLAN OF ACTION WILL LAUNCH NEXT MONTH IN COUNCIL DISTRIC
Beaver County 911: Patient steals ambulance, eventually stopped at nearby GetGo
Updated: 9:34 PM EDT May 20, 2026
An investigation is underway after officials said a patient stole an ambulance and drove off toward the parkway in Beaver County, Wednesday night. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Beaver County dispatchers told Action News 4 that paramedics responded to a call on Midland Beaver Road around 7 p.m. when the patient they were treating stole their ambulance and drove off toward the parkway.We’re told by dispatchers that the individual was stopped at a nearby GetGo location. State police are investigating the incident. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has reached out for more information. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. —
An investigation is underway after officials said a patient stole an ambulance and drove off toward the parkway in Beaver County, Wednesday night.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
Beaver County dispatchers told Action News 4 that paramedics responded to a call on Midland Beaver Road around 7 p.m. when the patient they were treating stole their ambulance and drove off toward the parkway.
We’re told by dispatchers that the individual was stopped at a nearby GetGo location.
State police are investigating the incident.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has reached out for more information.
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