The search for a The Villages, Florida-area registered Republican voter ended happily when she was found safe and sound, smoking a cigarette outside of a Wawa convenience store late Thursday, Villages-News.com reports. Staff at the UF Health-The Villages Hospital had become concerned for 57 year-old Margaret Mary Maitski after she had become combative with them as she was being discharged following treatment for an unspecified issue and stormed off in a stolen ambulance.
When Sumter County sheriff’s deputies located the stolen ambulance at a nearby Wawa convenience store, they were relieved to also find Maitski sitting on an outdoor picnic table smoking a cigarette with other folks. Upon informing her that she was under arrest for motor vehicle theft, she became “verbally abusive and shouting vulgarities” while resisting cops’ efforts to detain her.
The deputy who drove Maitski to Sumpter County Detention Center noted that the suspect said “several explicit sexual remarks, racial remarks and stated several times she is going to find me and kill me,” during the ride. Maitski faces charges of theft of a motor vehicle, battery on a law enforcement officer, intimidation, and resisting arrest. She was booked on $13,000 bond.