When a patient transport driver exited a local dialysis center Saturday, he noticed something missing: his van.
The TF&S Transport van had been left parked in front of Davita Dialysis Center on Georgia Avenue around 1:40 p.m. while the driver went inside to pick up a waiting client, according to Statesboro Police reports.
But before he could get outside, two intoxicated women hopped into the van and fled.
They didn’t get far, according to reports: They ended up just behind the building, where both Patricia G. Snodgrass, 20, Corbin Place, Augusta; and Rachel Renee Rautio, 21, Old Whiskey Road, New Ellenton, SC, tried to flee on foot.
Snodgrass was the one who climbed into the driver’s seat while Rautio was simply a passenger, reports stated,
Statesboro Police Capt. Scott Brunson said Tuesday the incident was likely a prank, but the charges are serious.
Responding police officers apprehended both women behind the dialysis center and took them each into custody.
Snodgrass was charged with DUI under 21, underage possession of alcohol, public intoxication and criminal trespass. Rautio was charged with public intoxication and criminal trespass.
The women were taken to the Bulloch County Jail, where they later posted bond, according to jail records.
The TF&S Transport van had been left parked in front of Davita Dialysis Center on Georgia Avenue around 1:40 p.m. while the driver went inside to pick up a waiting client, according to Statesboro Police reports.
But before he could get outside, two intoxicated women hopped into the van and fled.
They didn’t get far, according to reports: They ended up just behind the building, where both Patricia G. Snodgrass, 20, Corbin Place, Augusta; and Rachel Renee Rautio, 21, Old Whiskey Road, New Ellenton, SC, tried to flee on foot.
Snodgrass was the one who climbed into the driver’s seat while Rautio was simply a passenger, reports stated,
Statesboro Police Capt. Scott Brunson said Tuesday the incident was likely a prank, but the charges are serious.
Responding police officers apprehended both women behind the dialysis center and took them each into custody.
Snodgrass was charged with DUI under 21, underage possession of alcohol, public intoxication and criminal trespass. Rautio was charged with public intoxication and criminal trespass.
The women were taken to the Bulloch County Jail, where they later posted bond, according to jail records.