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Dumb Criminals: Arizona Man Accused Of Slashing Tires Of Cop Car - With Cop Still Inside!
TEMPE, AZ - It’s a story for the "dumbest criminal" files and a first for the Tempe Police Department.
“I’ve never known this to happen to an officer. I was shocked, it blew me away,” said Tempe police Sgt. Michael Pooley.
Pooley said around 2 a.m. on Tuesday 24-year-old Ashton Powers walked up to a Tempe patrol car and slashed one of the tires.
Pooley tells ABC15 the officer was pulled over at the corner of 7th Street and Mill Avenue finishing up a police report after an unrelated arrest.
Suddenly he felt a jolt and then heard a strange sound coming from his squad car.
Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/tempe/tempe-police-ashton-powers-accused-of-slashing-tire-with-officer-in-car#ixzz2akaLlMRV
“I’ve never known this to happen to an officer. I was shocked, it blew me away,” said Tempe police Sgt. Michael Pooley.
Pooley said around 2 a.m. on Tuesday 24-year-old Ashton Powers walked up to a Tempe patrol car and slashed one of the tires.
Pooley tells ABC15 the officer was pulled over at the corner of 7th Street and Mill Avenue finishing up a police report after an unrelated arrest.
Suddenly he felt a jolt and then heard a strange sound coming from his squad car.
Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/tempe/tempe-police-ashton-powers-accused-of-slashing-tire-with-officer-in-car#ixzz2akaLlMRV
