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Trial date for Roger Pion scheduled for June

Pion is accused of crushing 8 police vehicles with tractor

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Trial date for Roger Pion scheduled for June
Pion is accused of crushing 8 police vehicles with tractor
A Vermont man accused of crushing seven sheriffs' vehicles with a farm tractor is scheduled for trial in June.Tap here to view Roger Pion memes.Police say 35-year-old Roger Pion of Newport was angry about an earlier arrest for marijuana possession when he drove his father's tractor over six police cruisers and a transport van owned by the Orleans County Sheriffs' Department in 2012. Officials said that caused about $300,000 in damage.Tap here to view images of the crushed vehicles.Pion at one point was deemed incompetent to stand trial and was hospitalized in January. A later evaluation found him to be competent.Pion has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

A Vermont man accused of crushing seven sheriffs' vehicles with a farm tractor is scheduled for trial in June.

Tap here to view Roger Pion memes.

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Police say 35-year-old Roger Pion of Newport was angry about an earlier arrest for marijuana possession when he drove his father's tractor over six police cruisers and a transport van owned by the Orleans County Sheriffs' Department in 2012. Officials said that caused about $300,000 in damage.

Tap here to view images of the crushed vehicles.

Pion at one point was deemed incompetent to stand trial and was hospitalized in January. A later evaluation found him to be competent.

Pion has pleaded not guilty to the charges.