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Man Returning From Probation Officer Visit Stabs Lyft Driver In The Head, ECSO Says
January 24, 2023
A man returning from a visit with his probation officer allegedly stabbed a Lyft driver in the back of the head Tuesday morning.
River Austin Sewell, 27, was charged with felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, destroying evidence, and burglar of an occupied structure.
took the ride sharing service Lyft to see his probation officer. On the way back home, he allegedly stabbed the driver in the back of the head before running from the vehicle. He then broke into a nearby business on Fowler Avenue near Sagebrush Trail, just south of Nine Mile Road.
The sheriff’s office said Sewell and the driver did not argue prior to the incident.
The Lyft driver was transported to an area hospital. Information on his condition was not available.
Court records show Sewell was convicted of fleeing and eluding, petit theft, resisting arrested and driving without a license for an incident in Cantonment in January 2020.
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12 Responses to “Man Returning From Probation Officer Visit Stabs Lyft Driver In The Head, ECSO Says”
@Steve
-1000, straight to jail lol
He obviously needs awhile to think about it.
let’s give him one point for showing up at the probation office . What’s the score ?
anyone remember the taxi scene in the movie Heavy Metal? I’m not entirely opposed to that kind of justice.
” I don’t know what else I can do…I fill out applications all over, but no one’s hiring.”
He probably could have just let the Lyft driver a one star review if his driving was that bad.
Hopefully the Lyft driver will be physically okay. I for one would want to install a partition between me and the backseat after something like this. Otherwise, I’d be dodging and weaving my head constantly with a passenger in my car going forward.
ya think he just might have some problems?
needs to get his head right with a few years of hard labor
His mother must be proud
It seems as though this guy can’t get anything right. Bad choices is what brought him before his probation officer, and now his life choices has really gone down hill. What is next?
Praying for the driver. There should be something did about that. And he’s making it bad for other passengers. Body search before you get in .
It looks like he has made some solid choices in life.
Wonder what strike he’s on…..
But I know it doesn’t matter. Society deserves all it gets.