By Wilson Ring
AP 

Man charged with spraying manure on US Border Protection car

 

August 17, 2017



Montpelier, Vt. (AP) — A man who says his livelihood in agriculture has been nearly ruined by people who entered the country illegally to work on local farms is facing charges he sprayed liquid manure on a marked U.S. Customs and Border Protection car after confronting an agent about immigration enforcement.

Mark Johnson is due in court Thursday in North Hero to answer charges of assault and disorderly conduct from the Aug. 3 spraying at the edge of a farm field about 2 miles(3 kilometers) south of the Canadian border.

Johnson, who does custom manure spreading, said he didn't know the bor...



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