Nightly News   |  August 03, 2012

Man’s angry reaction to marijuana arrest

A man drove a farm tractor over eight vehicles in the parking lot of a Vermont police station, causing about $250,000 of damage according to police. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> you know the type of person who doesn't anger easily but when they do it's epic? well, there's a guy like that in derby, vermont. the allegation here is he was angry about being arrested for marijuana possession and resisting arrest, so he got in his tractor and did the only thing he could do -- he crushed all eight police vehicles in the parking lot in town. he got them all. he crushed them so thoroughly there is not a working radio or radar detector. to get the rifles out of the trunks of the squad cars they had to use the jaws of life. he went about his work methodically and when done disappeared on route 5. things can get a little crazy up near the canadian border . tonight his tractor is parked because he is in custody.