Virginia man accused of stealing ambulance in hospital gown and IV in arm is released on bond: report [Video]

A Virginia man who led police on a dayslong manhunt after he allegedly stole an ambulance from a hospital last week while still wearing a hospital gown and with an IV attached to his arm has been released on bond, according to a local report. 

Rickey Lowe, 32, was released on a $2,000 bond Monday, just days after he was arrested and charged with grand larceny and auto theft charges in connection to the stolen ambulance, FOX5 Atlanta reported.

“As a general matter, the problem with cash bond is that it transforms crucial detain-or-release decisions into a matter of economics, completely divorced from the question of public safety,” Laura Birnbaum, chief of staff and spokeswoman for the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office told the station.

Lowe was arrested Friday near a hotel in Manassas, Virginia, after stealing an ambulance outside Inova …