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Police: Man went 'golfing' on cruiser

Wilfredo Landa Rodriguez - attacked Durham police cruiser with golf club in front of station, New Year's Day 2009

Durham police arrested a man they say hit a cruiser with a golf club outside a substation in The Shoppes of Lakewood Thursday afternoon.

A man stole a golf club from a thrift store in the shopping center and walked over to the marked car outside Durham Police Substation 3, 2000 Chapel Hill Road, around 1:30 p.m., police said. He smashed in the cruiser's back window and two passenger-side windows.

"He decided to go golfing on our patrol car," Lt. Robert McLaughlin said.

Witnesses gave a detailed suspect description, and officers quickly arrested Wilfredo Landa Rodriguez, 23, nearby in the 1700 block of Gunter Street.

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Police charged Rodriguez with misdemeanor larceny and damage to property.

He was upset at a confrontation with police over an incident Wednesday night, McLaughlin said.



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