Ambulance Stolen from Hospital, Found at Nearby 7-Eleven on Free Slurpee Day

As America rejoiced in the gift of free small-format Slurpees across the land on 7/11, one 7-Eleven ended up at the center of an unsolved crime.

On Tuesday afternoon, a fire department ambulance was stolen from Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly, Maryland, only to be recouped two miles south at a 7-Eleven, according to NBC 4 Washington.

Authorities were able to locate the ambulance, which was empty when it was stolen, thanks to a GPS tracking device in the vehicle, but no information on a suspect was "available immediately," though the Washington Post confirmed that "someone had been taken into custody in connection with what he said was the stolen ambulance."

Was the culprit planning on going to 7-Eleven the whole time? If so, why on 7/11, if not for the free Slurpee? Was the promise of free frozen carbonated beverages too much to resist? Or, was it a Bart Simpson-esque delirium brought on by an all-syrup Slurpee? Also, this person clearly didn't realize that 7-Eleven delivers.

This is the second time in less than two months that an empty, running ambulance has been stolen from Prince George's Hospital Center. In May, a man who had just been released from the hospital hopped in parked ambulance and took it on a joyride that would escalate into a dramatic police chase through two counties, though there would be no free Slurpee at the end of that ride.

Oddly enough, it also isn't the first Slurpee-related crime to occur in Prince George County. In 2005, 16-year-old Emmanuel A. "Elmo" McClain was convicted of killing an 18-year-old because "he offered to buy a girl a Slurpee" at a 7-Eleven in nearby Suitland, Maryland.

Luckily, this case did not end as tragically, though the free Slurpee—if one was acquired—probably wasn't worth the jail time.