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LAUREL RUN — A Nanticoke teen who allegedly attacked a stranger and stole an ambulance has been arraigned and remanded to Luzerne County Correctional Facility.
According to an court documents, Destiny Noella McNeil, 17, attacked Timothy Yatsko with a brick in the 100 block of East State Street, Nanticoke, at about 4 p.m. on Friday. She then fled the scene, stealing a Spellman ambulance that was parked at 230 East State Street, while its attendants were rendering emergencies services to a resident.
Court documents say that McNeil hit Yatsko hard enough to cause him to fall to the ground, but that he was able to provide identifying information about her. He said he had not previously known her.
She then fled in the emergency vehicle, hitting two parked cars on East State Street and then making her way to Route 29 and eventually Interstate 81 north.
According to the report, McNeil then made her way to Route 309, pursued by both Nanticoke and Wilkes-Barre Township police, where she struck a township cruiser near the border between Wilkes-Barre Township and Laurel Run.
Police allege that during the pursuit, McNeil was driving erratically, making it necessary for other motorists to veer out of the way and causing a dangerous situation.
While being pursued, McNeil, who police documents indicate is not a licensed driver, crashed on Northampton Street, also know as Giants Despair, in Laurel Run.
Wilkes-Barre Township Patrolman Robert Capparell said she eventually “spun out,” realizing she didn’t have anywhere to go. She was then apprehended.
Township police said once at police headquarters, McNeil confessed.
Charged as an adult with more than a dozen criminal counts, including driving without a license and criminal trespass, McNeil was arraigned before District Judge Donald Whittaker, and lodged at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $150,000 bail.
