Retired soldier Treamon Lacy, 39, is accused of crashing a Humvee on Monday, July 10, 2023, into the front entrance of the 3rd Infantry Division’s headquarters building at Fort Stewart, Ga. (Facebook)
ATLANTA — The man accused of crashing a Humvee into the front entrance of the 3rd Infantry Division’s headquarters building at Fort Stewart is a retired soldier and Iraq war veteran, officials at the Georgia Army post said Tuesday.
Treamon D. Lacy was charged Monday by Army investigators with theft of government property and destruction of government property after they arrested him at the scene of the crash, said Kevin Larson, a Fort Stewart spokesman. Lacy was being held in the Liberty County jail near Fort Stewart as of Tuesday afternoon, jail records show.
Lacy, 39, retired from the Army as a staff sergeant in July 2013 after serving more than a decade as a wheeled vehicle mechanic, according to the Army. He served two combat deployments to Iraq.
Fort Stewart military police detained Lacy after he crashed the Humvee at about 10 a.m. into the glass front doors of the 3rd ID headquarters, known as Building 1 on the post. No one was injured in the crash, but it destroyed the building front entrance, Larson said.
The suspect’s status as a retired veteran gave him access to the installation, Larson said. He declined further comment on the incident.
Officials have not said when Lacy allegedly stole the Humvee or whether they believe he crashed it intentionally into the division headquarters, which houses the 3rd ID’s commanding general, his deputies and much of the division staff.
Lacy had yet to appear in court as of Tuesday afternoon, jail records show. His case was expected to be handled by federal prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia, according to the Army.
The incident marked the second theft of an Army Humvee in about one week. Someone stole a Humvee from the California Army National Guard’s Santa Rosa armory on July 3. It has not yet been recovered, according to California officials.
