Overview
- State police say the incident began during a medical call on Route 25 and escalated on Thursday when a dark sedan refused a stop, allegedly striking and dragging a trooper as officers tried to remove the driver.
- Prosecutors say the vehicle crossed the Bourne Bridge in heavy holiday traffic, at times traveling about 105 mph in a 55 mph zone while weaving around other cars, and troopers ended active pursuit for safety reasons.
- Authorities tracked the car to an East Falmouth home where the 74-year-old suspect, identified as Armando Rogelio Deleon, initially barricaded himself, was bitten by a State Police K-9 and then taken into custody.
- Deleon was arraigned and ordered held without bail on more than a dozen charges, including failing to stop for police, reckless operation, operating with a suspended license, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault on a police officer.
- The trooper who was dragged received hospital evaluation for what officials described as minor injuries, investigators continue the probe, and prosecutors cite Deleon’s prior traffic record as central to the case and public-safety concerns.