I thought this was from the Onion... it's not!!!

[miclo18d]

Tractor-Driving Farmer Runs Over Every Cop Car in Police Station Parking Lot
Neetzan Zimmerman

Allegedly unhappy about being arrested recently on marijuana possession and resisting arrest charges, a Vermont farmer armed himself with a tractor and proceeded to flatten seven police cruisers in the Orleans County Sheriff's Department parking lot.

With every last one of their cars squashed, deputies were unable to chase suspect Roger Pion, 34, down as he drove away. "We had nothing to pursue him with," Chief Deputy Philip Brooks told the Associated Press.

Police in Newport eventually tracked Pion down and arrested him.

No injuries were reported, but the cruisers were totaled. "The radios are ruined, the radar detectors, the cages in the cars," Sheriff Kirk Martin said. "We're going to have to get the jaws of life up here to pry the trunks open and see about the rifles and shotguns."

All told, Pion's rampage caused some $300,000 in damage and took out half the department's fleet.

In a statement, Vermont State Police said Pion was charged with several crimes including felony and misdemeanor unlawful mischief (multiple counts), aggravated assault, gross negligent operation, and leaving the scene of an accident.

He was booked into Newport's Northern State Correctional Center, where he is currently being held on $15,000 bail.

[orion5]

"Tuesday Roger Pion pled Not Guilty to 14 charges that included leaving the scene of an accident and resisting arrest. His relatives say these charges are unjust because Roger driving the tractor over the police cars was no accident."

It's hard to tell whether Roger was a pot-smoking loser (sheriff's dept claims) or an average dude going about his business and constantly bullied by the sheriffs for no reason (Roger claims), but one thing for sure is there are some hilarious facebook and tumblr pages set up to "Free Roger". Strange people come out of the woodwork for these things.

I always wonder though....when Pay Pal donation sites are set up, how do you know the money is actually going to Roger (or whomever), and not some scammer sitting in his mother's basement?

[MR2]

Originally Posted by orion5

I always wonder though....when Pay Pal donation sites are set up, how do you know the money is actually going to Roger (or whomever), and not some scammer sitting in his mother's basement?

I do believe that most of the scammers now have penthouse suites...