The Bristol Police Department identified the 39-year-old man who allegedly stole a Bristol police vehicle as officers were investigating a carjacking, fled the scene and crashed into a diner on Thursd.
A Bristol police vehicle was stolen during a carjacking investigation on Thursday and the suspect crashed into the front entrance of Palma’s Diner in Bristol during the pursuit, police said.
Bristol Public Schools will be closed Friday in observance of the joint funerals for the two Bristol Police Department police officers killed in the line of duty last Wednesday, Superintendent of Schools Catherine M. Carbone said in a letter to families on Monday night.
Bristol Public Schools said they’ll be closing Friday because of the joint funeral service planned for Sergeant Dustin DeMonte and Officer Alex Hamzy, who.