{"id":13479,"date":"2026-09-11T14:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=13479"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:28:05","slug":"antigonish-rcmp-investigate-after-ambulance-stolen-driver-arrested-near-new-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/antigonish-rcmp-investigate-after-ambulance-stolen-driver-arrested-near-new-glasgow\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigonish RCMP Investigate After Ambulance Stolen, Driver Arrested Near New Glasgow."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antigonish County District RCMP has charged a man after an ambulance was stolen from St. Martha\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 10, at approximately 4:15 p.m., Antigonish County District RCMP responded to the 0-100 block of Bay St. following a report of a stolen ambulance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ambulance was unoccupied at the time of the theft and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers observed the ambulance on Beech Hill Rd. in Antigonish and attempted a traffic stop; however, the vehicle didn\u2019t pull over and proceeded onto St. Andrews St. In the interest of public safety, officers didn\u2019t pursue the ambulance but continued to track its movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another traffic stop was attempted on Hwy. 104 near James River. The ambulance again failed to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pictou County District RCMP deployed a spike belt in Sutherlands River. The device successfully deflated the ambulance\u2019s tires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the damage, the ambulance continued travelling along Hwy. 104.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At approximately 5 p.m., the ambulance came to a stop on the shoulder of the highway near New Glasgow, and the driver was safely arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Cory Hipson, 36, of Deerfield, has been charged with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Theft of Motor Vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Driving while Licence is Suspended or Revoked<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flight from Peace Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Comply with Release Conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hipson was remanded into custody pending a future court date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: RCMP Release <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antigonish County District RCMP has charged a man after an ambulance was stolen from St. Martha\u2019s Hospital. On September 10,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13481,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13479\/revisions\/13481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}