[From article]
A man yelling “I want to kill cops” tried to run down two Port Authority Police officers with his car near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel Wednesday night in the latest attack on officers.
Matthew Christian Cash, who has an extensive criminal record, was barreling down a restricted fire lane near Varick and Watts streets when he barely missed cops patrolling the tunnel and smashed his silver Audi right into their police cruiser at about 8 p.m., authorities said.
After crashing into the cruiser, the unhinged man twice screamed “I want to kill cops” and struggled with officers trying to detain him, according to sources.
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Cash, 24, was traveling with a female companion who told officers he received a phone call that seemed to upset him just before he flipped out and sped into the cop car.
Officers on the scene said it wasn’t clear if he was aiming for the two cops or a security booth near the tunnel.
Police sources said synthetic marijuana was found in the Audi and the crazed man claimed he was on angel dust.
Cash, who lives in Easton, Pa., has previously been arrested on a slew of charges including assault, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment, records show.
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He was arrested in November 2013 for beating up his girlfriend and throwing a bag of oranges at his 5-year-old son, a report said.
Cash cut the woman during an argument before throwing a bag of fruit across the room that bashed his kid in the face, according to LehighValleyLive.com.
http://nypost.com/2015/01/08/man-yells-i-want-to-kill-cops-tries-to-run-them-over-with-car/
‘I want to kill cops': Man who ‘tried to run over’ officers
By Philip Messing, Melkorka Licea and Joe Tacopino
New York Post
January 8, 2015 | 2:04am
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