Man who tried to run down cops with a bulldozer was drunk

THOMPSON, Ohio -- A man was drunk when he tried to run down twolaw enforcement officers while driving a 10-ton bulldozer,authorities said.

William Armstrong, 52, refused to stop as his Caterpillarexcavator rumbled toward a Geauga County sheriff's deputy andThompson Township police chief who had parked in his path Mondaynight. He missed the retreating officers, but damaged a parkedsheriff's car.

Officers eventually persuaded the Thompson Township man to stopthe vehicle. Armstrong's blood-alcohol level was .244 percent, morethan three times the legal limit of 0.08, according to sheriff'stests.

"I'm glad talking worked, because I don't know how else we wouldhave stopped him," said Sheriff Dan McClelland.

Armstrong was jailed after pleading innocent Tuesday to two felonycounts of assault on a law enforcement officer. His bulldozer wasconfiscated by the sheriff's office.

AP