A Ver­mont farmer, appar­ently unhappy with his arrest last month, crushed five police cruis­ers parked at a police sta­tion with a giant trac­tor yes­ter­day. The man, 34-year-old Roger Pion, was arrested by New­port police two miles away after he aban­doned the red trac­tor and attempted to flee on foot. At least eight police vehi­cles, included an unmarked car and trans­port van, sus­tained dam­age. “It’s more than half our fleet,” said deputy Phil Brooks. There were no injuries. The trac­tor weighed approx­i­mately 15 tons. Pion was arrested on July 3rd for mar­i­juana pos­ses­sion and resist­ing arrest.

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