State Police Arrest Motorcyclist After Pursuit in Mansfield
State Police Arrest Motorcyclist After Pursuit in Mansfield
Trooper Michael Cherven of the State Police Community Action attempted to stop the rider of a 1997 Ducati motorcycle on the ramp from Route 495 South to Route 140 North for speeding. The rider refused to stop and a pursuit ensued onto Route 106, into Easton and Norton, and then back into Mansfield on East Street, where the operator abandoned his motorcycle and fled on foot. After a brief foot pursuit, the rider, 25-year-old Eric P. Tolley of 499 Main Street in Watertown, was apprehended and charged with the following: Failure to Stop for a Police Officer; Negligent Operation; Operating After Revocation for being a Habitual Traffic Offender; Speeding; Concealing a Number Plate; Operating an Unregistered and Uninsured Motorcycle and Resisting Arrest.
Tolley will be arraigned on Monday in Attleboro District Court. Mansfield and Norton Police assisted in this investigation.
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