Mitchell O’Brien’s Christmas just got worse

Photo from Baxter Country Sheriff

Remember the Fort Riley Soldier that drove all the way to Baxter Country, Arkansas, to meet up with a 16-year-old? Mitchell O’Brien intended to meet a teen in a parking lot by a business. He did his “recon”, driving around twice and checking that the place was “secure”, then did another check on foot, before going to the “rendezvous point”.

When he got there, he met with a deputy instead of his intended fling. He also met his new destiny, both in the near and far term. We talked about the ramifications he faced for that antic.

Well, on top of the ramifications related to his Army career, as well as to how his family will view him, he has car repair costs to add to the mix.

Another person, who had his car impounded, used Mitchell O’Brien’s car as a battering ram in order knock the lot door open. Then, he drove his own car out of the impound lot.

From KTLO:

A Boone County man, Robert Lambert of Lead Hill, played a part in making O’Brien’s visit to the Twin Lakes Area even worse. Lambert was arrested Dec. 14th by Mountain Home Police at Walmart and placed in the Baxter County Detention Center. The vehicle he was driving was impounded.

When he was released Sunday, Lambert went to the impound lot to find his vehicle, but discovered the lot was closed and secured. Lambert was captured on video surveillance cameras as he crawled under the fence and gained access to another vehicle and proceeded to ram the gate open. He then went to his own vehicle and drove it off the lot.

The vehicle he used as a battering ram belonged to O’Brien, who had driven it from Kansas to Mountain Home to allegedly meet the underage female with whom he had been corresponding on social media.

It was estimated Lambert caused about $10,000 damage to O’Brien’s vehicle and property at the impound lot.

You can read more here, as well as in the previous article.

Thanks to OAE CPO USN Ret for the link.

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