Early Tuesday morning, while most of Lubbock was busy pretending nothing ever happens south of 82nd Street, police were called to a construction site in the 5500 block of 126th Street for what started as “criminal mischief” and quickly escalated into something closer to a low-budget horror movie. A building, multiple vehicles, and a trailer were vandalized with spray-painted “666,” tires were slashed, and damage was pegged at roughly $60,000—because subtlety is overrated.
Investigators say 45-year-old Davy Stanford was caught on video showing up around 5:42 a.m., allegedly handling the vandalism himself. Later that morning, he reportedly returned—not to apologize or turn himself in, but to scream at workers and allegedly attempt to run them over with his truck. One worker had to dive between vehicles to avoid being hit; a general manager reportedly had to jump out of the way too. You know, normal workplace interactions.
When officers tracked Stanford down, he was still sitting in his truck, allegedly with paint on his hands matching the vandalism, plus spray cans, the stolen stat lite arm, THC pouches, and a glass pipe with marijuana residue. At that point, police finally did what Lubbock does best: add several more charges to the pile.
Stanford now faces multiple felony charges, is sitting in the Lubbock County Detention Center on $111,000 bond, and—just to really round out the résumé—was previously involved in a 2024 SWAT standoff where police deployed a chemical agent to get him out of a house. Because of course this wasn’t his first rodeo.
Nothing says “welcome to work” like satanic graffiti, slashed tires, and your coworker yelling “RUN” while someone tries to mow you down—just another peaceful Tuesday in Lubbock, right?