Male That Drove Into Police Station Identified and Charged
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Philadelphia Police have charged Dieufort Joly, 26- from the 2100 block of Glendale Street with Five counts of Aggravated Assault, Five counts of Simple Assault, Five Counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person, one count of Causing/Risking Catastrophe, One count of Institutional Vandalism, and One count of Possession of Instrument of Crime.
Joly , police said intentionally drove his 2007 Hyundai Tucson into the lobby of the 2nd Police District yesterday, on the 7300 block of Castor Ave. Police said he was not happy with the result of a disturbance that police were called for that involved his father.
Five people in the lobby sustained minor injuries. Joly got out of the building and walked onto Castor Avenue, where he was arrested. He was transported to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital for medical treatment, released, and then transported to the police facility for processing.
The damage to the building was called extensive but the building was structurally sound.