Piatek Has A History Of Aiming For Cops
Militia man drove headfirst into a cop car
Thomas Piatek, the Indiana man accused of taking part in a violent militia’s plot to kill police officers, has a history of aiming for cops.
On May 14, 1990 Piatek, a truck driver, was arrested for taking his semi trailer across the raised median in the 18100 block of Halsted Street in Homewood and driving head-on into a state trooper, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The trooper swerved to avoid the wrong-way truck, then pulled a u-turn and went in for the arrest.
Piatek pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced to one year of supervision.
Now Piatek and eight Hutaree co-defendants are charged in Detroit federal court with conspiring seditiously and attempting to use weapons of mass destruction.
Federal officials seized nearly four dozen high-powered guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from the Hammond, Ind., home of the man.
Magistrate Judge Paul Cherry denied bond for 46-year-old Piatek during a three-hour hearing on last week and ordered him to remain in the custody of U.S. Marshals
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Piatek-Has-a-History-of-Aiming-for-Cops-90016162.html#ixzz0kLhFjbaz
