Ariz. man accused of slashing tire with officer in car

It’s a story for the "dumbest criminal" files and a first for the Tempe Police Department. “I’ve never known this to happen to an officer. I was shocked, it blew me away,” said Tempe police Sgt. Michael Pooley. Pooley said around 2 a.m. on Tuesday 24-year-old Ashton Powers walked up to a Tempe patrol car and slashed one of the tires. Pooley tells ABC15 the officer was pulled over at the corner of 7th Street and Mill Avenue finishing up a police report after an unrelated arrest. Suddenly he felt a jolt and then heard a strange sound coming from his squad car.