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LIVE FROM THE CHANNEL 4
STUDIOS IN BOSTON, WBZ NEWS AT
11:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW.
WE BEGIN AT 11:00 WITH
BREAKING NEWS, A WILD POLICE
CHASE ACROSS TWO STATES, THE
DRIVER WEAVING THROUGH TRAFFIC
RIDING ON JUST THE RIM, THEN IT
ENDS WITH THE DRIVER HITTING A
POLICE CRUISER.
POLICE SAY HE ALSO ASSAULTED
AN ELDERLY WOMAN.
REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT,
POLICE SAY HE BARRELED INTO
THIS WOMAN DURING HIS ATTEMPTED
GET AWAY, AND THAT WAS NEAR THE
END OF A DANGEROUS NEARLY 20-
MINUTE CHASE THAT POLICE SAY
THEY CHOSE TO PURSUE BECAUSE OF
HIS LONG HISTORY WITH THE LAW.
THE 30-YEAR-OLD MAN LED POLICE
ON A TWO-STATE HIGH SPEED CHASE
TUESDAY THAT ENDED WITH A ***.
FAILING TO STOP FOR A POLICE
OFFICER, SPEEDING.
REPORTER: AND A LAUNDRY LIST
OF CRIMINAL CHARGES.
POLICE SAY IT STARTED WHEN COPS
TRIED TO PULL OVER THE CAR
AFTER AN OFF DUTY OFFICER
RECOGNIZED HIM INSIDE.
HE ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE
STOP BY DRIVING OFF THE
ROADWAY, UP OVER THE CURB INTO
THE MSPCA PROPERTY, THEN
EXITING THAT PROPERTY, DRIVING
ONTO ROUTE 28 IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
REPORTER: HIS ERRATIC AND
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONTINUING
INTO SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE WHEN
HE STRUCK A POLICE CRUISER,
THEN WEPT BACK AND -- WENT BACK
AND PLOWED INTO A NEW MEXICO
NOTARY PUBLIC STATE POLICE --
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE POLICE
CRUISER BRINGING THE CHASE TO A
HALT.
THEN HE DECIDED TO RUN ON
FAULT, AND AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS
IN HER YARD, AND HE ASSAULTED
HER KNOCKING HER TO THE GROUND.
HE WAS FINALLY TASED AND
ARRESTED.
HIS PASSENGER AND GIRLFRIEND
ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
NOW THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO BE
ARRAIGNED TOMORROW.
WE'LL TOLD THE MAN IS SPENDING