A 29-year-old man was on drugs when he drove a stolen armored military vehicle through the streets of Richmond, leading law enforcement on a chase, police said. [Armored personnel carrier taken from military base in Virginia, chased through streets of Richmond]Yabut is a first lieutenant and company commander in the Virginia National Guard, the Associated Press reported. The release said he deployed to Afghanistan from 2008 to 2009 with the Illinois National Guard. Authorities began to pursue the vehicle after they learned that it had been driven from the military base, officials said. In a video, the armored carrier goes down a street with one police car ahead of it and others behind, as sirens blast.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2018 15:31 UTC