ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) - Police in St. Albans, Vt., have arrested a man accused of driving a city police cruiser, striking an officer who tried to stop him, and then crashing the vehicle after a nearly two-mile chase.
Police said the officer was treated and released from a hospital for minor injuries Sunday night.
Police first chased Roger Patenaude on foot; there was an active arrest warrant for him. They said the 34-year-old Patenaude found an unlocked, running police cruiser and hit the officer, who ordered him to stop.
Patenaude was pursued by police. They said he eventually crashed the cruiser into a utility pole on Route 104.
He was treated at a hospital, then charged with aggravated assault, attempting to elude, and other charges. It wasn’t immediately known if he had a lawyer.
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