“I HAD TO WAKE UP THE FIREFIGHTERS”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AUTHORITIES SAY A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK INTENTIONALLY RAMMED A STOLEN VEHICLE INTO A CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FIRE STATION… AND WILL SERVE ZERO DAYS BEHIND BARS.
Carson Lambert previously played as a starting quarterback for Virginia’s state-champion Benedictine College Preparatory football team.
On Jan. 4, an incident involving the 19-year-old unfolded at the Clover Hill Fire Station on Hull Street Road.
The facility is located in Chesterfield County.
According to the case, Lambert said he had been getting jumped at a Richmond bar around 3 a.m.
He said he panicked.
Lambert claimed he fled the scene in a random vehicle that was already running.
He drove the vehicle for approximately 30 minutes looking for help.
That drive brought him directly to the Clover Hill station.
Lambert honked the horn upon his arrival.
The honking did not get a response from inside the facility.
Then Lambert said he intentionally rammed the vehicle into the fire station’s glass bay doors.
He hit the doors multiple times.
Lambert said he repeatedly rammed the building to “wake up the firefighters.”
The resulting damage was estimated at approximately $60,000.
Following the crash, Lambert faced multiple criminal charges.
Authorities charged him with driving while intoxicated.
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He was also charged with vandalism.
In addition, prosecutors brought three other charges against him.
Those additional charges included unauthorized entry and possession of a false operator’s license.
Three charges were dropped as part of an agreement.
The dropped counts included the unauthorized entry and false operator’s license charges.
Lambert pleaded guilty to vandalism.
He was also found guilty of DWI.
On Aug. 28, Lambert received a 12-month jail sentence.
But the entire 12-month sentence was suspended.
The suspension means he will serve zero days behind bars for the DUI sentence.
He will serve no jail time despite intentionally crashing the vehicle into the fire station.
Lambert was ordered to pay a fine.
And he will lose his driver’s license for one year.
The crash caused tens of thousands of dollars in destruction.
He was convicted of driving impaired.
He will serve no jail time.
He will serve zero days behind bars.
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