Man Charged With Drunken Bulldozer Ride

POSTED: 12:45 pm EDT August 24, 2005

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
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wat and idiot,

Oh man . . .

That's stupid.

man i wanna drive a bulldozer

Oh! I can just imagine that!!

(Officers come up to arrest him) "It's not what it looks like! I swear to drunk I'm not God!!

It's funny how someone would take such a risk by getting drunk and taking command of ten tonnes of metal.

talk about an idiot

that has happened here several times this year