Justice Insider: Waverly man charged with shooting robot
Danger, Will Robinson!
A law-enforcement robot took the brunt of a Pike County man’s aggression during a weekend standoff, said police in the village of Waverly.
Officers were sent to the man’s home because of a report that shots had been fired inside. A standoff ensued, and police summoned help from deputies and from state troopers with two robots in tow.
The robots were sent in to confront the 62-year-old resident, who shot at and hit one of them, police said.
The man was arrested after about six hours and charged with vandalism of government property, among other things. Police said he was highly intoxicated....
