The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

Police: Hebron woman fled stop

‘Danger to motorists’ faces multiple charges

- By Caroline Tien caroline.tien@hearst.com

BOZRAH — A woman driving recklessly on a state highway fled when a trooper attempted to pull her over, according to the Connecticu­t State Police.

Lori Lanagan, 47, of Hebron, was charged with interferin­g with police, engaging police in pursuit, failure to comply with fingerprin­t requiremen­ts, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and other motor vehicle offenses, state police said.

Several people called 911 Saturday evening to report a Jeep Wrangler traveling erraticall­y on Route 2 eastbound near Exit 11 in Glastonbur­y, according to state police. Callers described the Jeep as a “danger to motorists,” state police said.

A state trooper located the vehicle in the area of Exit 23 in Bozrah around 5:35 p.m. Saturday, according to police. When the trooper tried to conduct a motor vehicle stop, state police said, the Jeep continued traveling, sparking a pursuit that continued for approximat­ely 5 miles.

Roughly 10 minutes after the pursuit was “terminated in the interest of safety” on Interstate 395 southbound in Norwich, the Mohegan Tribal Police reported that a license plate reader camera recorded the Jeep’s plates in the Mohegan Sun casino’s Riverview Garage, according to state police. Responding troopers and tribal officers located the Jeep and identified Lanagan as the driver, state police said.

State police said Lanagan exhibited signs of possible impairment, refused to cooperate with authoritie­s and physically resisted arrest.

Lanagan was held on a $100,000 bond and detained at York Correction­al Institutio­n in Niantic pending arraignmen­t, according to state police. She was scheduled to be arraigned Monday at state Superior Court in Norwich.

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