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Two arrests in police cruiser hit-and-run |
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
PAWTUCKET — A 22-year-old local man who allegedly hit a Providence Police cruiser with a stolen vehicle he was driving on Friday night was apprehended, along with a companion, after Pawtucket Police found them hiding in a shed on Potter Street.
According to Pawtucket Police, two officers were dispatched to the area of East Avenue at around 5:36 p.m. to assist Providence Police in locating a gray Dodge Intrepid that had been involved in a hit-and-run accident with an occupied Providence Police cruiser.
While enroute to that location, dispatch told the officers that a hit and run accident had just occurred on the Division Street bridge. The vehicle had apparently become inoperable following the crash and it stopped at the corner of Division and Prospect streets.
The first officer to arrive at the scene reported that the driver and his passenger, both Hispanic males, had fled from the vehicle and were last seen running eastbound up Fruit Street.
According to Patrol Officer Joseph Altongy, a man flagged down police and said he had seen two males running on Potter Street and then saw them go into a shed in the rear of a yard at 12 Potter St. Altongy and Officer Darren LaFreniere opened the shed door and found the two suspects inside.
The suspects, identified as Efren A. Segarra, of 560 Prospect Heights #302, Pawtucket, and Louis Lopez, 36 Hadwin St., 1st, Central Falls, both had bruises on their face and head and Lopez had blood on his face, police said.
ltongy said that when police ordered them out of the shed, they refused to comply, and also refused police orders to lie on the ground. They had to be physically taken to the ground and continued to struggle with police before finally being handcuffed, he said.
The Providence Police officers who were the victims of the hit-and-run accident identified Segarra as the driver and Lopez as the passenger in the suspect vehicle. Shortly after, the victim of the hit-and-run accident in Pawtucket identified Segarra as the driver of the same suspect vehicle, the gray Intrepid.
After processing, Lopez was transported to the Memorial Hospital for treatment. It was discovered that he had a Superior Court warrant for failing to appear on a cost review.
Police also learned that the Dodge Intrepid allegedly involved in both crashes was a stolen vehicle out of East Providence.
Segarra was charged by Pawtucket Police with possession of a stolen vehicle-a felony, failure in duty to stop--accident resulting, driving without a license, and resisting arrest, police said.
In addition to the warrant, Lopez was charged with resisting arrest, police said. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 25 April 2008 )
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