Bulldozer Driver Rams Police Station

[FTL_Ian]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jLo0vL4UW-aM_XqBXuQm03MJhH5Q

TROY, N.H. (AP) — An ex-con on a stolen bulldozer repeatedly rammed the police station in Troy early Friday, tearing down large chunks of the front wall, authorities said.

"He hit it three times," State Police Sgt. David Griffin said. "He took out the whole front, which included the main entrance to the police department."

No one was inside the building at the time, but an officer who arrived in the parking lot around 12:30 a.m. witnessed the bulldozer attack and arrested the driver, police said.

In court Friday morning, Stanley Burt, 34, said the police drove him to it.

"I've been harassed to the point this has brought this to," said Burt, wearing a T-shirt depicting a construction excavator. "I want an investigation started."

Burt has had numerous run-ins with the local police, including 20 driving offenses. He recently was released after serving 12 months in the county jail after being convicted of being a habitual motor vehicle offender. In the bulldozer incident, he was charged with criminal mischief and reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, as well as driving and probation violations.

As bad as the damage in Troy was, Griffin said, it could have been much worse.

Police Officer Kevin Stone and two civilians had been inside the small building about a half hour earlier, he said. Stone pulled into the station parking lot just before 12:30 a.m. to see the bulldozer crashing into his office.

Burt did not enter a plea to the new charges Friday. He was ordered held on $200,000 bail.

Investigators say Burt stole the bulldozer from a nearby construction site.

The strange attack on the police station echoed a similar case three years ago in which a man with a grudge and a fortified bulldozer went on a rampage in the mining town of Granby, Colo. Marvin Heemeyer, a 52-year-old muffler-shop owner who had had zoning battles with the town, went on a 90-minute rampage in 2004 and damaged 13 buildings before killing himself.

[Russell Kanning]

No one was inside the building at the time, but an officer who arrived in the parking lot around 12:30 a.m. witnessed the bulldozer attack and arrested the driver, police said.

they are all out at the speed traps ... or heading out of town for donuts

[kola]

we need more bulldozers!!   

what a great way to eradicate the feds! 

gentlemen, start your engines!!!

Kola

[J’raxis 270145]

KILLDOZER.

[Kevin Bean]

Amerikan Hero: Killdozer By Marvin Heemeyer

[scrappy]

Was he seeking an apology?  If so, someone should have told him that's not the best way to go about it.

[FTL_Ian]

WMUR:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=5091

[FTL_Ian]

Does anyone know where the station is?  I think we would like to drive by and see it.   

[Nicholas Gilman]

   Wow. 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=356_1188581443

[David]

In ohio they routinly use backhoes to tear down old houses.  They make quick work of the job. 

[error]

Somebody want to merge these threads?

[Puke]

WMUR:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=5091

Fucking reporters! 
At the end she says "Burk also has a fascination with other construction equipment."
Or maybe he just happens to be wearing a shirt for a construction company.

[dalebert]

It's so funny that this story was called into FTL just a few minutes after Bill called in to talk about meeting police halfway and cooling tensions before people lose their tempers.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Does anyone know where the station is?  I think we would like to drive by and see it.   

About 7 miles south and a little east of you.


You'll have to leave your house, though

[Tom Sawyer]

WMUR:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=5091

Fucking reporters! 
At the end she says "Burk also has a fascination with other construction equipment."
Or maybe he just happens to be wearing a shirt for a construction company.

TV news sucks in general. 
They have a dying demographic, mostly older folks get their "news" from the networks.