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Saturday, January 4, 2025

'Livelsberger was treated for depression just before Cybertruck suicide bombing'

 Matthew Livelsberger recently sought treatment for depression before the decorated Special Forces soldier killed himself in a shocking Las Vegas Cybertruck bombing this week — as an ex-girlfriend revealed he had suffered “some concussions” in combat and knew he needed “more help.”

Despite being proud of his nearly two decades in the military, the 37-year-old was haunted by guilt over his tours of duty and had trouble sleeping, focusing and maintaining relationships, Army nurse Alicia Arritt, 39, told The Washington Post Friday of the ex she dated on and off from 2018 to 2021.

“I think it was even harder for him, being on active duty — the shame and the stigma,” she explained. “He wanted to get more help.”

Livelsberger “likely” suffered from PTSD and “family issues,” the FBI said Friday — and a note found in his charred cellphone that was recovered from the Tesla Cybertruck revealed he “needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I’ve lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.”

The Green Beret sat for three mental health counseling sessions between August and December, USA Today reported, citing a federal official who was briefed on the New Year’s Day incident at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas but was not authorized to speak publicly.

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It is not clear if Livelsberger had been deemed a risk for suicide or violence, officials said.

Arritt, who had treated vets with brain injuries at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, told the Washington Post she met Livelsberger on Tinder in 2018, and they soon began texting about his military career.

When she asked if he’d been hurt, he replied, “Just some concussions,” she told the outlet. She added that he’d had back surgery due to the pain he suffered from jumping out of planes as a Special Forces soldier.

Livelsberger left his Colorado home on Dec. 26 after his wife, with whom he shared a baby daughter, left him over cheating allegations, two sources previously told The Post.

The blast injured people who were nearby.Alcides Antunes via REUTERS

He used the Turo app to rent the Tesla Cybertruck before driving to Las Vegas, where the electric vehicle — packed with explosives and fireworks — blew up just after he shot himself in the head.

Several people in the hotel’s valet area sustained injuries from the blast.

Livelsberger was being treated for depression and PTSD.

Las Vegas police also released footage on Friday of Livelsberger charging the Cybertruck in Sin City.

Livelsberger was a new father, but his wife reportedly left him the day after Christmas.Facebook / Matt Berg

In the video footage, seemingly shot by the rented Cybertruck’s many cameras, Livelsberger can be seen at the Tesla Charging Station wearing a headlamp.

The soldier, on leave from his German base, appeared to calmly move about the vehicle — even clearing dirt off the bumper — mere hours before the explosion.

Livelsberger was seen in the footage cleaning the dust from the back of the vehicle.LVMPD

In the footage, Livelsberger is wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo for Black Cat, a fireworks manufacturer.

As he made his way from Colorado to Las Vegas, Livelsberger reached out to Arritt to brag about his futuristic rental, saying he “felt like Batman.”

Arritt also said the two had “bonded” over a Tesla she rescued from a junkyard in 2019.

In an email read on “The Shawn Ryan Podcast” Friday, Livelsberger claimed federal officials were working with China to develop and deploy the mysterious drones that caused hysteria across the New York metro region last month.

He said the devices were “the most dangerous threat to national security,” Ryan, a retired US Navy SEAL, revealed on his show.

Officials are still working to determine the origin and legitimacy of the email.

Federal authorities ruled there was no connection between the Cybertruck bombing and New Orleans ISIS terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who, like Livelsberger, received training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and served in Afghanistan.

The Cybertruck was filmed leaving a parking lot moments before the blast.LVMPD

Jabbar mowed down 14 people and injured dozens of others as they celebrated the New Year on Bourbon Street in the Big Easy.

Jabbar, 42, also a former soldier, was shot dead by police after he crashed the truck — which was also rented on Turo.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/04/us-news/matthew-livelsberger-treated-for-depression-before-cybertruck-suicide-bombing/

NYPD limits subway overtime hours despite surging violence in wake of Jeffrey Maddrey scandal

 Cops working extra shifts in the subway in the wake of several shocking crimes — including a woman fatally torched on a train — are having their hours cut, but the NYPD is promising replacements, sources told The Post.

The new rules that went into effect on Jan. 1 slashed the number of subway overtime hours cops can work in half, police sources said. Detectives are now being limited to 40 hours a month total OT and “no more than two transit details,” one longtime cop told The Post.

Officers were previously allowed to do four or six of the 7.5-hour underground shifts per month, the cop said.  

NYPD officers rescuing an emotionally disturbed man stuck on the third-rail at the 42nd St-Port Authority subway station
Crime in the subway has been down overall so far this yet, but the system has been plagued by a surge in violent crimes recently.James Keivom

The new rules come after The Post revealed shocking allegations that ex-top uniformed cop Jeffrey Maddrey was granting overtime to an underling for sexual favors.

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Lt. Quathisha Epps, the NYPD’s top earner who made $403,515, including $204,453 in OT, filed an explosive Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint making the claims, The Post revealed in a front-page exclusive on Dec. 21.

The Post also revealed that First Grade Detective Ingrid Sanders, Maddrey’s driver, was the seventh-highest overtime earner in the department, raking in an eye-popping $163,414 in OT last year, boosting her total salary last fiscal year to $352,462, records show.

Also working for Maddrey, Ada Reyes made $42,500 as a new police officer in 2019 but her pay jumped to $154,405 in 2024, including $55,923 in overtime, city records show.

Through his lawyer, Maddrey has insisted the sex with Epps was “consensual” and denied that he was providing overtime for sex.

The police source said the department was punishing the wrong people.

“It’s a knee-jerk reaction that’s not well thought out because obviously random violent crime is surging,” the source said. “You’re punishing cops and detectives when the abusers were at the top.”

But the NYPD said Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch was reviewing overtime management policies and procedures, “to ensure all overtime is administered appropriately and to maintain honor and integrity throughout the NYPD.”

New York City police officers patrolling the subway at Times Square and 42nd street in Manhattan
The move is described as a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to the Maddrey overtime scandal.G.N.Miller/NYPost

“Importantly, there will be no reduction in the number of police personnel patrolling the New York City transit system as more officers will be deployed on straight time to ensure subway safety,” the agency said.

Crime in the subway has been down overall so far this yet, but the system has been plagued by a surge in violent crimes recently, including:

  • Debrina Kawam, 57, from Toms River, N.J., was set on fire on a subway car around 7:30 a.m. Dec. 22 as she slept on an idle F train at the Still Avenue station in Brooklyn. Guatemalan migrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, was charged with murder.
  • Kamel Hawkins, 23, was charged with second-degree assault after he allegedly shoved a complete stranger onto the tracks for no reason at the 18th Street No. 1 train station shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, cops said.

  • Assaults in the system jumped in December, from 35 to 49 for a 40% as of last Sunday over the same period last year, NYPD data show.

The new rules also limit the number of overtime administrative police officers can claim to 44 hours per month.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/04/us-news/nypd-limits-subway-overtime-hours-despite-surging-violence-in-wake-of-jeffrey-maddrey-scandal/