Man Goes On Drunken Bulldozer Ride - Arrested

[matcom]

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THOMPSON, Ohio --A man was drunk when he tried to run down two law enforcement officers while driving a 10-ton bulldozer, authorities said.

William Armstrong, 52, refused to stop as his Caterpillar excavator rumbled toward a Geauga County sheriff's deputy and Thompson Township police chief who had parked in his path Monday night. He missed the retreating officers, but damaged a parked sheriff's car.

Officers eventually persuaded the Thompson Township man to stop the vehicle. Armstrong's blood-alcohol level was .244 percent, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08, according to sheriff's tests.

"I'm glad talking worked, because I don't know how else we would have stopped him," said Sheriff Dan McClelland.

Armstrong was jailed after pleading innocent Tuesday to two felony counts of assault on a law enforcement officer. His bulldozer was confiscated by the sheriff's office.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/08/24/man_charged_with_drunken_bulldozer_ride?mode=PF

[BikeWriter]

YIKES, I'm shocked they didn't shoot him.

[underpants]

1. Sounds like how the Berlin Wall started coming down

or so I heard.

Drunk Germans with pickaxes.

[rock]

2. How did the bulldozer become drunken?

[Cathyclysmic]

3. Ahh, I love Geauga County

They are gettin' ready fer the fair out that ways!...gettin' crazy!:eyes:


Thanks Matcom...I'm passing this one around the office!