Army Officer Who Stole Tracked Vehicle Says He is Insane
This story about an Army National Guard officer who stole a tracked vehicle and went joyriding in Virginia continues to get weirder:
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The Army National Guard officer accused of stealing an armored personnel carrier from Fort Pickett last June is scheduled to go on trial May 20.
Army Times
But Joshua Yabut’s trial has been put on hold because the 30-year-old first lieutenant plans to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, according to WTVR. A new hearing in Nottoway County, Virginia, is set for July 2.
Yabut is accused of stealing the military vehicle and leading police on a more than 60-mile chase to Richmond, Virginia, while under the influence of drugs. He said he had permission to take the APC, but Virginia National Guard officials denied that in initial reports.
Here is where it gets weirder:
Yabut’s case took another twist in January when he violated the terms of his bond and traveled to Iraq, somehow losing his ankle monitoring bracelet along the way.
He used his valid military ID to board a flight at Naval Station Norfolk before flying commercially from Charlotte, North Carolina, the rest of the way to Baghdad. He returned to Norfolk two days later, according to WTVR. His military ID is no longer valid and he was put back behind bars.
His ultimate destination was Iraq but here was his itinerary:
- Norfolk, Virginia to Jacksonville, Florida
- Jacksonville to Charlotte, North Carolina
- Charlotte to Toronto, Ontario
- Toronto to Keflavik, Iceland
- Iceland to Berlin, Germany
- Berlin to Istanbul, Turkey
- Istanbul to Iraq on Jan. 26.
You can read more at the link, about how he researched being a terrorist and building pressure cooker bombs.
That would have worked under Obama.
All he has to do is take the stand and answer every accusation with his family name.
Drugs + Stupidity = Insanity! Depending on the judge and the press, this just might work…I’m reminded of a meme I saw that said something to the effect of if you are going to get in trouble, make sure it’s something your unit will talk about for years to come…
In SK insane will get you off even if you commit murder or you are an entitled mama and daddy’s boy.
Probably marijuana. A book, Tell Your Children, documents that many nutso crimes are by users. Very cool, quite chill, mentally ill.
I’m more amazed that there are still 577s out there and that it was able to go 60 miles without breaking down.