Continental Villiage Fire Truck Stolen

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Anybody else hear about a drunken guy stealing a fire Truck From Continental Villiage then crashing it into a tree?? I heard a little about it on Channel 4 News. Anybody got any furthur info?

Edited October 10, 2005 by FirstDue19

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http://www.wnbc.com/news/5078003/detail.html

CONTINENTAL VILLAGE, N.Y. -- A 23-year-old man was being held on $10,000 bail Monday for allegedly stealing a fire truck from the Continental Village firehouse, the Putnam County Sheriff's Department said.

The Putnam County volunteer fire department was getting ready to respond to a call at 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, the sheriff's department said.

A car drove up as the firefighters were preparing to leave, and a man jumped from the passenger side into a fire truck, the sheriff's department said.

As the thief pulled out of the fire station, Chief William Rimm grabbed onto the side of the truck and tried to stop him. Rimm jumped off the truck when the truck began to pick up speed.

The truck was found about 30 minutes later on Winston Lane. It had crashed into several trees.

Seven hours later police arrested Jesse Watson, 23, of Mohegan Lake, who was seen walking in the woods.

Watson was charged with burglary, robbery, grand larceny, reckless endangerment and driving while intoxicated.

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