By Noah Feit
The State
UNION COUNTY, S.C. 鈥� A South Carolina man is behind bars after leading law enforcement officers on a chase through multiple counties after he stole an ambulance from a hospital, the said.
, a 34-year-old Anderson resident, was charged with multiple crimes in Union County, including , the sheriff鈥檚 office said in a news release.
Darby was also charged with , for blue light, device, and , Union County court records show.
The Sept. 14 incident began in Spartanburg County, where Darby stole an ambulance from campus, the sheriff鈥檚 office said.
The said that Darby was a who drove away in the empty but running ambulance that was parked outside of the hospital鈥檚 emergency room, WSPA reported.
Before the chase entered Union County, the ambulance hit a patrol vehicle, according to WSPA.
Union County deputies took command of the pursuit when it entered the county on U.S. 176 and they deployed stop sticks before the ambulance reached the city limits, but that failed to stop the stolen vehicle, according to the sheriff鈥檚 office release.
The stolen ambulance continued into the city where stop sticks were used again and hit the vehicle鈥檚 tires, the sheriff鈥檚 office said. The ambulance began to slow down before stopping in the parking lot of an old school on , according to the release. That鈥檚 about 30 miles from the hospital where the ambulance was stolen.
Darby was taken into custody without incident, the sheriff鈥檚 office said.
No injuries were reported, but the attempted murder charge stems from Darby driving toward a sheriff鈥檚 office captain who was setting up stop sticks, according to an arrest warrant.
on all of the charges, and Darby is locked up at the Union County Detention Center, jail records show. Darby is also being held for the Spartanburg County Sheriff鈥檚 Office, according to jail records, but information on that charge was not available.
Darby is scheduled to return to court on Dec. 18, according to Union County judicial records.
Prior to the chase, Darby was out on bond on a that is still pending, Spartanburg County court records show.
On Sept. 1, Darby pleaded guilty to a charge from July and was sentenced to time served of 32 days, according to Spartanburg County court records.
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