2/19/2026

WOOD COUNTY — Now here’s something you don’t see every day.  A naked man was arrested in Wood County in Central Wisconsin after Wisconsin Rapids police say he stole an ambulance then lead police on chase for more than 18 miles with a patient strapped to a gurney in the back on Tuesday night.  In a press release police say, the ambulance was parked in front of a residential home, with 2 paramedics were tending to a patient in the back when the naked man got into the driver's seat and started driving.  One paramedic got out of the ambulance to engage the naked man while the second paramedic tried to prevent the ambulance from being moved. He had to get out of the ambulance when paramedics' safety was compromised. The man drove off with the patient still in the back of the ambulance.  Police were finally able to deflate the front passenger tire of that ambulance causing the man to drive into a muddy field where it became stuck.  The naked man identified as Ben Feltz has been arrested and booked into Wood County Jail.