We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again; just because a significant number of Russian drivers fit their cars with dashboard cameras offering us an omniscient view of what’s going on in the country, doesn’t mean the rest of the world is immune.
From crazy Brazilian drivers attacking motorcyclists to annoyed Greek motorists tipping over double-parked cars, the world can be a crazy place – the United States included.
On Thursday, August 2, Vermont farmer Roger Pion decided to show his displeasure for being arrested on marijuana charges last month by driving his tractor to the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department and flattening down seven cop cars, including five marked cruisers, an unmarked vehicle and van used for transporting prisoners!
Strangely, it wasn’t the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department that had previously arrested the 34-year-old man but the neighboring agency of Newport.
“It’s more than half our fleet. We have 11 cars,” Chief Deputy Sheriff Phil Brooks told the Burlington Free Press adding that the police estimated the damages to be around $250,000 (€203,000).
The 34-year old man is said to have used a big tractor with four six-foot tandem wheels on the back. “It’s pretty much the biggest tractor you can get,” Police Chief Seth DiSanto told reporters.
After completing the demolition derby, Pion took off and even though the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department didn’t have any cars available to chase him, the Newport city police soon arrested the man two miles from the crime scene.
State Police Detective Trooper Lyle Decker told the Burlington Free Press that Pion faces several charges including seven counts of felony unlawful mischief and one misdemeanor count of unlawful mischief on suspicion of damaging the cars.
A video of the aftermath at the police station follows below.
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