On a Friday night, one summer, a Lowell police officer noticed a pickup trunk on the side of the road near the edge of town. It looked as if the pickup had run off the road and gotten stuck in the mud.

There was no one in the truck at the time thought there was a large dog in the front seat. The doors to the truck were locked and it appeared that the driver had left for the night.

When the officer ran the plate, he discovered that the truck belonged to a known local trouble maker. And while he felt it necessary to pay a visit to this person, he didn’t wish to do so by himself. So, he called for backup.

The local trouble maker lived in a house just outside of town. When the two officers approached the house, the house was dark though they could see someone moving inside in the shadow.

They knocked on the door and announced who they were. There was no response so they knocked again. And again there was no response.

Suddenly, a man came screaming out of the garage. He had a large knife in his hand and was headed for the police car. When he got to the police car, he started hacking at it with the knife.

Mean while, the two officers, who were still standing at the front door of the house, called for back up. Neither one of them wanted to challenge the crazy man with the knife.

After a few whacks, the knife blade broke. So, the man ran back into the garage and reemerged with an ax and continued to whack at the car.

When the sheriff arrived, the man ran back into the house. A few minutes later, he went running out of the back of his house and into the woods. He was naked and was firing a pistol into the air. The officers decided not to pursue the man. Instead, they would put out a warrant for his arrest and pick him up at a later date.

As it turned out, he was arrested the next day. The police car had about $2,000 worth of damage. It was brand new. Alcohol was involved.