Posted on 02/20/2016 8:42:42 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
BOROUGH PARK, BROOKLYN — Roman Protas, 38, a Brooklyn resident and on-duty employee for the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY), led Brooklyn police on a wild car chase in his street sweeper Thursday morning after he was caught “throwing objects at a religious statue in front of a church,†according to the NYPD.
Police arrived to St. Frances De Chantal Roman Catholic Church in Borough Park around 8:30 a.m., after a 911 caller reported seeing a man throwing objects at the church’s outdoor statue of Jesus holding a cross, a police spokesman told Patch.
At the first sign of the cops, Protas allegedly hopped in his street sweeper and took off.
“We observed this individual in full DSNY uniform, fleeing the scene in a street sweeper — a Department of Sanitation machine,†the police spokesman said.
Cops trailed Protas’ careening sweeper for â€several blocks†before they were able to stop and apprehend him, the spokesman said.
For the car chase, Protas has been charged with reckless endangerment, fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle, reckless driving and running a red light. For throwing objects at the church statue, he’s been charged with criminal tampering and reckless endangerment of property.
And on top of it all, because cops allegedly found prescription drugs (for which he did not have a prescription) on his person upon arrest, Protas has been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.
A DSNY spokeswoman confirmed that Protas is a sanitation worker with the Brooklyn South 12 garage.
She said he’s been with the department since October 2004, but has now been suspended while NYPD detectives conduct their investigation.
DANG!
don’t mess with our Lord!
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Fault.
I his name Mohammad? Or does it include “X”?
Is his name Mohammad? Or does it include “X”?
Roman Protas, 38, a Brooklyn resident and on-duty employee for the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY), led Brooklyn police on a wild car chase in his street sweeper Thursday morning after he was caught "throwing objects at a religious statue in front of a church," ...St. Frances De Chantal Roman Catholic Church in Borough Park around 8:30 a.m., after a 911 caller reported seeing a man throwing objects at the church's outdoor statue of Jesus holding a cross... Cops trailed Protas' careening sweeper for "several blocks" before they were able to stop and apprehend him, the spokesman said... Protas has been charged with reckless endangerment, fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle, reckless driving... running a red light... criminal tampering... reckless endangerment of property... criminal possession of a controlled substance... he's been with the department since October 2004,Attempted getaway on a street sweeper... hmm... probably completely unrelated to controlled substances...
Street Sweeper?
I thought the BATF banned those.
But he will still get his pension....
His pension will probably be more than that of 75% of the people in this country make working for a living.
There are eight million stories in the naked city, and this is one of them.
otherwise known as a crucifix.
I didn’t know that NYDS let workers drive the street sweepers home.. ;-)
OJ’s not so wild chase had to have been faster than a street sweeper. If the cops can’t catch a street sweeper, they need to pack up and go home.
There's a holdup in the Bronx
Brooklyn's broken out in fights
There's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson Heights
There's a Scout troop short a child
Kruschev's due at Idlewild
CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU!
I thought a crucifix depicted Jesus on the cross, not holding a cross.
I don't know why the writer chose to describe it in this way . . . but I suspect cultural illiteracy.
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