Man accused of hitting officer with car, then leading police on chase in Massachusetts town
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
A man who had multiple outstanding warrants for his arrest is accused of hitting a police officer with his car and leading authorities on a chase in Massachusetts after he was discovered sleeping in his vehicle Wednesday morning, officials said.
Officers in Somerset received a report around 8:50 a.m. of a man who had been sleeping in a running Nissan Rogue in the area of 61 Briggs Ave. for roughly 2 hours, according to a statement from the town’s police department.
When police arrived, they identified the man as 28-year-old Raymond Prevost and determined he had several outstanding warrants, the statement said.