Man blocks traffic and tries to take ambulance

Heard on: Houghton and Keweenaw Counties Police, Fire and EMS

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

We're at a stoplight here in Houghton.

00:03

There's a man.

00:05

I'm pretty sure he's known to the area for being homeless.

00:09

He was just in front of a car on all four, stopping traffic in the middle of the intersection.

00:19

We pulled over and he tried to get in my driver's seat and try.

00:23

I tried to take the ambulance from us.

00:25

I pulled him out.

00:26

He ran off toward Tadych's Marketplace by Econo Foods.

00:33

Okay,

00:36

so he went up past Econo Foods in Houghton.

00:41

Affirm, Econo in Houghton.

00:44

Okay, do you have a description of him? Do we know who he is?

00:49

We think potentially last name was (name withheld).

00:54

The Caucasian male, approximately five seven, five eight, long curly hair with a British accent.

01:09

Okay.

01:14

Thank you.

01:21

Eight and repeat.

01:25

Okay.

01:27

We found him.

01:28

He's in the Econo parking lot that leads down to the AutoZone.

01:34

That little driveway extension there.

7/30/2026 06:25 PM

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W Memorial Dr, Houghton, MI 49931

Man blocks traffic and tries to take ambulance

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As discussed during the dispatch call, responders in Houghton were notified about a possibly homeless man reportedly crawling in an intersection and blocking traffic, then attempting to get into and take an ambulance before running toward a nearby grocery and auto parts store parking area. Officers later reported locating him in a driveway near those businesses.

Man blocks traffic and tries to take ambulance

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