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Colorado Rep Lauren Boebert's 18-year-old son arrested, facing 22 charges connected to property theft
Colorado's Garfield County Jail booked Lauren Boebert's son on Tuesday.
Lauren Boebert's 18-year-old son, Tyler Jay Boebert, was arrested on February 27, 2024, at 2:30 pm local time by the Rifle Police Department officers.
The latest statement addressing his arrest was shared on the police department's Facebook page. It was recorded that the felony arrest followed recent vehicle break-ins and property thefts in the Colorado municipality of Rifle.
Boebert is being charged for the following: “four felony counts of Criminal Possession ID Documents - Multiple Victims, one felony count of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, and over 15 additional misdemeanour and petty offences”.
Tyler Boebert has already been listed as a recently booked arrest in the Garfield County Jail records. Rifle Police has confirmed in the Facebook post above that the investigation is in progress.
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Lauren Boebert's family and their run-ins with misfortunate controversies
This isn't the first time Congresswoman Boebert's son has made it to the headlines in a negative light. He previously had his run-in with unfortunate events in April 2023, when one of his friends alleged that Tyler had been responsible for an accident that led to his multiple injuries.
Noble D'Amato (19) alleged that Tyler caused a car accident that left him with multiple concussions and a lacerated hand. Eventually, Lauren Boebert was also accused of covering up the crash wherein the 19-year-old (at the time) was also in possession of unprescribed drug paraphernalia. However, D'Amato claimed that the young Boebert was “stone cold sober” at the time he ‘flipped’ the car, accentuating the high-speed accident.
That is not all. The entire Boebert family has also been tied up in controversies over the past few months. In January 2024, Lauren Boebert's ex-husband, Jayson, was charged for allegedly assaulting Tyler during a domestic altercation. Meanwhile, the congresswoman herself was issued a temporary restraining order against Jayson.
(This is a developing story.)
