Don't piss off the guy with the very large tractor.

[mhendo]

This story tickled my funny bone, especially since no-one was hurt.

Police said Roger Pion, 34, of Newport, Vt., flattened seven marked police cruisers and one unmarked personal vehicle at the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department in Derby, Vt., around 12:40 p.m. Thursday.

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With the vehicles crushed, police had no way to pursue Pion after he drove off in the tractor.

They caught the guy, though, and there's a picture of him in the linked story. He looks pretty much like someone that you might pick out of central casting for a story about a guy who runs over police cars with a large tractor.

The charges against him include:

seven counts of felony unlawful mischief, one count of misdemeanor unlawful mischief, one count of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, one count of gross negligent operation, and one count of leaving the scene of an accident.

Seems like he has a pretty good defense to the last charge: "That weren't no accident!"

[Gorsnak]

That isn't a very large tractor.

[a35362]

So I guess the taxpayers get to help pay for some new police cars. Jackass.

[wolfman]

No one was injured. At least two deputies had gone inside a few moments before after washing their vehicles, officers said.

Isn't it always that way? As soon as you finish washing your car somebody crushes it with a giant tractor.

[billfish678]

Originally Posted by mhendo

[The charges against him include:Seems like he has a pretty good defense to the last charge: "That weren't no accident!"

I almost started a thread about that the other day. It would have been funnier if nobody had called it in and the cop's didn't notice till somebody went for a jelly doughnut run and the guy was long gone.

I noticed the accident thing too. I could see a Johhny Cochran moment: Your honor we plead 110 percent guilty to leaving the scene of an accident! DA: Ughhh okay, that was easy. Judge, now that we have determined it to be an accident all the other charges must be dropped! Judge: Man's right! 60 days in lockup and a 500 dollar fine. Next!