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    Well this one is one for the books...

    Lieutenant Joshua Philip Yabut was arrested Tuesday night after hijacking a tank-like personnel carrier from a National Guard base in Virginia, and led authorities on a two-hour chase.

    Yabut, who was reportedly under the influence of drugs when he hijacked the massive M577 vehicle, shared shots of his 60-mile run through Virginia while tweeting bizarre comments, all while the police were on his tail.

    Yabut tweeted a picture of himself with his helmet on and his head outside the vehicle, while making a hand-sign. He also tweeted a short video clip from inside the vehicle.

    Among other bizarre tweets during the 40-mile-per-hour chase Yabut also wrote to Twitter: 'where is this damn water buffalo' and 'all i wanna do is get an anime wife.'



    Just as authorities had begun their pursuit of Lieutenant Joshua Yabut (pictured), he tweeted this photo of himself, apparently on the open road, with the caption 'wutang clan ain’t nothin to f*** wit booiiiiiiii'

    And just hours before the bizarre incident, he tweeted 'thinking about putting my packet in tbh.'

    Yabut was a Lieutenant with an engineering battalion of the Virginia Army National Guard at Fort Pickett, where the vehicle was hijacked from.

    The chase began at 7.55pm, while the vehicle wound through Virginia for over 60 miles.

    The vehicle was not armed, and is designed for mobile command posts. However, Yabut did have his service weapon on him, but it did not have ammunition in it, according to WTVR.

    The soldier led police to Virginia's capitol of Richmond, and was heading through downtown straight toward the Capitol building.

    Capitol police officers with combat-style rifles guarded the entrance to Capitol Square as a police helicopter shined a spotlight on the vehicle and police worked to stop traffic.

    Stunned onlookers filmed the chase as dozens of police cars pursued the vehicle along Route 460, Interstate 95, and through the streets of Richmond.

    At some points the vehicle topped speeds of 45 miles per hour, but fortunately no accidents were reported.

    Twitter users compared the bizarre scene to something out of video game Grand Theft Auto.

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    At about 9.40pm the driver drove the armored vehicle onto a median and was surrounded by police.

    The soldier got out of the M577 through the roof hatch, and clamored down.

    He dropped to his knees, and then refused commands, so Virginia State Police tasered him.

    He was first brought to the hospital, and then hauled to jail.

    'The unit was conducting routine training at Fort Pickett when [Yabut] drove away in the armored personnel carrier,' Virginia National Guard spokesperson Cotton Puryear said, according to WTVR.

    'The vehicle was not equipped with any weapons, but the soldier did have his personal weapon with him but had no ammunition,' Puryear said.

    Yabut was assigned as the commander of the Petersburg-based Headquarters Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, and that he has more than 11 years of service, according to the Virginia National Guard.

    He also served in Afghanistan from 2008 to 2009 with the Illinois National Guard
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Virginia.html

    So, supposedly in command of HHC, which means probably a 1LT. 11 years of service, so prior enlisted. Gets high. Steals M577. Tweets and posts videos while being chased by Virginia cops.

    Legend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CavSct1983 View Post
    Legend.
    Yeah...til the drugs wear off.
    Stella - my best girl ever.
    11/04/1994 - 12/23/2010



    Don't wanna get shot by the police?
    "Stop Resisting Arrest!"


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