A Boise woman allegedly turned a life-saving ambulance into a weapon late one night in Idaho, slamming it straight into a federal office building before trying to torch the whole thing with gasoline.
The chaotic dashcam video of the crash has exploded online, showing the surreal moment an emergency rig smashes through glass doors at full speed.
On February 18, 2026, 43-year-old Sarah Elizabeth George of Boise allegedly stole a Canyon County Paramedics ambulance from the bay outside St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center. Surveillance shows paramedics were inside transferring a patient when she hopped in and drove off around 11 p.m.
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She had prepped earlier that evening: around 9:17 p.m., she bought two red gasoline cans, lighter fluid and gloves at a Meridian Walmart. She filled them at a nearby Fred Meyer using her rewards card, stashed them, then loaded them into the stolen rig. Minutes later she accelerated and rammed the Portico North office building home to leased Department of Homeland Security offices, including ICE space at more than 20 mph.
The interior dashcam footage, released publicly in mid-March and now racking up millions of views, captures everything from the driver’s seat. You see the ambulance rolling toward the building, then the sudden burst of speed. Glass doors explode on impact. The jolt throws everything inside as the vehicle stops dead in the lobby. The roughly 76-second clip ends right after the crash it doesn’t show the next part, which came from other cameras.
That next part, according to court documents and surveillance: George poured gasoline across the lobby floor and inside the ambulance in a clear arson attempt. She never got the fire lit. Sirens scared her off and she fled on foot before anything ignited. No one was hurt. The building was mostly empty.
Meridian Police, the FBI and ATF pieced it together fast. Key evidence: Walmart and gas-station surveillance, the ambulance’s own dashcam and building CCTV, her traceable fuel purchase, and even a Facebook post she allegedly made the same day showing an AI image of the White House in flames with the caption
“If it can be destroyed by the truth then it should be destroyed; it was built in lies anyways.”
Five days later, on February 23, agents arrested George at her Boise home.
She now faces two federal counts of attempted malicious destruction by fire. One targets the DHS-leased federal property. The other covers property affecting interstate commerce (the ambulance itself). Each carries up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 fines if she’s convicted. She pleaded not guilty and remains locked up without bond.
The Portico North building sits right next to St. Luke’s hospital in a quiet suburb. DHS only recently leased space there, sparking local debate over immigration enforcement. Using a stolen ambulance to hit a federal site raises serious red flags about emergency-vehicle security and vulnerabilities at smaller government offices nationwide.
Meridian Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea put it plainly:
“This was absolutely an act of violence, and if the suspect had not been interrupted, there is no doubt this building would have been burned, putting the lives of first responders and others at risk.”
He added,
“This type of criminal behavior will not be tolerated in Meridian… good old-fashioned police work.”
The case is set for trial in April. It’s a stark reminder that threats don’t always come from the obvious places sometimes they roll up in plain sight wearing emergency lights.
