6 arrested after car strikes two police cruisers

Six people were arrested in Waterbury on Wednesday after hitting two police cruisers while trying to flee a traffic stop, according to police.

Waterbury Police Department officers assigned to Auto Theft Task Force Unit, Gang Task Force Unit and Vice & Intelligence Division said they witnessed 19-yearold Kevin Webster get into a Jeep Cherokee outside his Waterbury home. Webster was wanted for an active arrest warrant charging him with first-degree larceny and interfering with police involving a previous motor vehicle theft, police said.

When police attempted to make a traffic stop, the driver, 21-yearold Devin Romanofsky of New London, tried to flee by reversing and then accelerating into two cruisers before stopping.

Four other people were found inside the vehicle, including 21-year-old Devante Jones of Waterbury, 18-year-old Syaire Wilson of New London and two 17-year-old boys, according to police.

Police said Webster was in possession of a 9-millimeter handgun and two high-capacity magazines. Police said they also located two other loaded handguns in the vehicle. Webster is a convicted felon which prohibits him from having any firearms or ammunition, and Jones is currently out on bond from a pending case involving weapon-related offenses, according to police.

Webster was arrested for his active warrant and the following charges, including criminal possession of a pistol or revolver, two counts of possession of a high-capacity magazine, illegal sale or transfer of a pistol or revolver, carrying a pistol without a permit and illegal possession of weapons in a motor vehicle.

Romanofsky is charged with two counts of weapons in a motor vehicle, illegal sale or transfer of a pistol or revolver, reckless driving, unsafe backing and interfering with an officer.

Wilson, Jones and the two teens are charged with two counts of weapons in a motor vehicle and illegal sale or transfer of a pistol or revolver. Webster, Wilson and Jones were held on bond. Romanofsky posted a $250,000 bond

pending a court arraignment.