A police chase ended with a crash in Danvers on Wednesday. How far should police go to pursue a fleeing suspect?
A police pursuit that started in Middleton and ended with a crash in Danvers on Wednesday prompted a conversation on Danvers Patch about when police should pursue a suspect. The crash hapenned at the intersection of Pine and Maple streets at about 9:05 a.m. It lasted about 4 miles from the center of Middleton and reached speeds up to 80 miles per hour, according to police. After the crash, the driver was arrested and faces 10 charges. Some users said that crash should not have continued through an area they said had heavy traffic and children going to school. Others said the police should have pursued the suspect and the police should be supported for the effort to chase and arrest the man - a 35-year-old man from Lawrence who had four …
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A Lawrence made is facing a litany of charges after leading police on a four-mile chase from Middleton into Danvers before ending in a crash on Wednesday.
The man behind the wheel of a Honda Civic that led police on a four-mile chase on Wednesday morning has been identified as a 35-year-old from Lawrence. Middleton police said that Juan Torrez, 35, would face 10 charges in Salem District Court on Thursday in connection to the chase and crash. The chase started at about 9 a.m. on South Main Street (Route 114) in Middleton in front of Angelica’s Restaurant. Middleton Police Officer Michael LeCoist did a license plate check on Torrez’s vehicle and found that the registered owner had an expired license. LeCoist went to stop Torrez but he did not pull over. He led LeCoist, and later State Police troopers, on a chase that ended up covering about four miles down Route 62 into Danvers at speeds up …
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Lyons Ambulance Service
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Danvers Police Department
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Fire Department Headquarters
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A man behind the wheel of a car that crashed after a police pursuit into Danvers on Wednesday morning isn't giving officers any information about who he is.
Police are still working to identify the man behind the wheel of a car that crashed after a police pursuit that started in Middleton and ended in Danvers on Wednesday morning. Middleton Police Chief James DiGianvittorio said that the driver was hospitalized after the 9 a.m. crash at Maple and Pine streets in Danvers. The driver suffered minor injuries and had been released from the hospital as of 2:30 p.m. He was taken to the State Police barracks in Danvers, where officers planned to use the Automated Fingerprint Identification System to identify him. “He’s not giving us any info,” DiGianvittorio said. The driver was the only person in the vehicle. The police pursuit started in Middleton after a police officer ran the license plate on a …
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Danvers Police Department
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Nate
7:22 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
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