Idaho woman accused of attempting to set fire to DHS building with stolen ambulance

An Idaho pistillate was arrested Monday aft investigators said she stole an ambulance and drove it into a gathering lodging Department of Homeland Security offices successful an alleged effort to acceptable it connected fire.

Sarah Elizabeth George, 43, of Boise, is accused of stealing a Canyon County Paramedics ambulance from extracurricular St. Luke’s Meridian astir 11 p.m. connected Feb. 18, crashing it done the entranceway of the Portico North gathering and pouring gasoline crossed the lobby level earlier fleeing connected foot, according to a national transgression complaint.

Authorities identified George aft what Meridian Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea described arsenic 5 days of "good old-fashioned constabulary work," including canvassing businesses for surveillance footage and tracking conveyance records.

George faces national charges of malicious demolition of authorities spot by occurrence and malicious demolition of spot utilized successful oregon affecting interstate commerce, according to a transgression ailment filed successful U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Each complaint carries a imaginable punishment of 5 to 20 years successful prison, prosecutors said.

Sarah Elizabeth George during a Feb. 6, 2026, postulation halt portion seated successful a bluish Dodge Dakota pickup truck. Investigators cited the conveyance successful linking her to the alleged onslaught connected a gathering lodging Department of Homeland Security offices. (U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho)

According to the affidavit, investigators recovered a societal media station allegedly made by George the greeting of Feb. 18 depicting an AI-generated representation of the White House connected occurrence with the caption, "If it tin beryllium destroyed by information past it should beryllium destroyed; it was built successful lies anyways."

Authorities said George stole the ambulance portion a unit was transporting a diligent inside. According to the affidavit, surveillance footage shows a acheronian pickup motortruck parking adjacent Primary Health astir 22 minutes earlier the ambulance was taken. A idiosyncratic matching George’s statement was seen walking toward the infirmary soon earlier the theft.

Investigators allege George concisely parked the stolen ambulance successful a adjacent batch minutes aboriginal and loaded 2 gasoline cans and a integrative container into the conveyance earlier driving to the Portico North building.

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Investigators accidental CCTV footage shows Sarah Elizabeth George carrying reddish gasoline cans wrong a Walmart successful Meridian, Idaho, connected Feb. 18, 2026, hours earlier authorities allege she stole an ambulance and drove it into a gathering lodging Department of Homeland Security offices. (U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho)

The gathering houses abstraction leased by the U.S. General Services Administration for the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Authorities said George drove the ambulance done the southbound entranceway doors astatine astir 11:10 p.m. and poured gasoline crossed the lobby level earlier fleeing connected ft arsenic officers arrived.

"The fishy took that ambulance and drove it into the Portico North building, wherever they had besides staged gasoline and poured gasoline wrong of the ambulance arsenic good arsenic connected the floor, extracurricular of the ambulance, successful what we judge was an effort to pain the building," Basterrechea said.

The affidavit includes surveillance stills from a Walmart successful Meridian earlier that evening that investigators accidental amusement George purchasing 2 reddish gasoline cans and lighter fluid astatine a self-checkout register. A receipt dated 9:17 p.m. lists the items, according to tribunal documents.

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Surveillance images included successful a national transgression ailment amusement a pistillate identified by investigators arsenic Sarah Elizabeth George purchasing a reddish gasoline tin astatine a Walmart successful Meridian, Idaho, connected Feb. 18, 2026, and a bluish Dodge Dakota pickup motortruck authorities allege was utilized successful the onslaught connected a gathering lodging Department of Homeland Security offices. (U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho)

Video from a Fred Meyer state presumption aboriginal that nighttime allegedly shows George pumping gasoline into the 2 cans soon earlier the crash. The affidavit states that a loyalty oregon rewards paper utilized during the acquisition was registered successful her name.

Investigators besides included examination images of a bluish Dodge Dakota pickup motortruck they judge George utilized that night. The ailment highlights similarities betwixt the motortruck seen successful surveillance footage and a conveyance registered to members of George’s family, including matching overgarment deterioration and assemblage features.

The affidavit further references a Feb. 6 postulation halt successful which George was photographed driving a bluish Dodge Dakota, linking her to the conveyance seen leaving the country soon aft the crash.

Dash camera footage from a Meridian constabulary conveyance allegedly captured the fishy crossing Fairview Avenue connected ft minutes aft the ambulance struck the building. Surveillance cameras aboriginal showed the fishy entering a pickup motortruck and driving away.

Basterrechea said Meridian constabulary worked alongside the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives successful the investigation. Authorities executed some an apprehension warrant and a hunt warrant astatine George’s residence connected Monday evening.

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A screenshot included successful a national transgression ailment shows a societal media station investigators allege was made by Sarah Elizabeth George connected Feb. 18, 2026, depicting an AI-generated representation of the White House connected occurrence with the caption, "If it tin beryllium destroyed by information past it should beryllium destroyed; it was built successful lies anyways." (U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho)

"This behaviour is unacceptable. It volition beryllium investigated, and it volition beryllium charged to the fullest grade of the law," Basterrechea said.

Officials said the probe remains ongoing and further charges could beryllium filed.

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