PEABODY, MASS. (WHDH) - A Melrose man faced a judge Friday after authorities say he stole a medical van from Melrose-Wakefield Hospital before leading police on a pursuit that came to a crashing end in Lynn on Thursday.
Daniel Walsh, 22, appeared in Peabody District Court on charges including receiving a stolen motor vehicle, failure to stop for police, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating with a suspended license, committing a marked lanes violation and larceny.
He is being held on $8,000 cash bail.
Walsh allegedly stole an unoccupied Armstrong Ambulance 2016 Ford Transit van from outside of the hospital’s emergency room around 6:30 a.m., according to state police.
Shortly before 1 p.m., a motorist called state police to report seeing the stolen van on Route 1 in Peabody.
A trooper located the van and attempted to make a stop, but Walsh refused and a pursuit ensued on Route 1 to Route 129, state police said.
The van entered the Goodwin Circle rotary before exiting eastbound, where it struck a parked Ford Explorer near Regina Road in Lynn, state police added.
Walsh and his passenger, 23-year-old Nicholas Burke, of Peabody, were taken into custody.
Burke, who was released on bail Thursday night, was charged with receiving a stolen motor vehicle and larceny.
A subsequent investigation revealed that the two had stolen hundreds of dollars of men’s clothing from Kohl’s in Saugus around 9:20 a.m., according to state police. The items were reportedly recovered from the van.
Burke and Walsh are expected to be summonsed to Lynn District Court for shoplifting charges.
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