Somerset Cop Struck by Fleeing Fall River Man, Police Say
A Fall River man already wanted on various criminal warrants faces additional charges after he allegedly struck a Somerset police officer before fleeing at a high rate of speed and crashing his SUV into a bridge abutment near the Cove Restaurant and Marina in Fall River.
Police Chief George McNeil says Raymond Prevost, 28, who is known to police, will be booked and arraigned as soon as he s released from the hospital.
Wednesday at around 8:30 a.m., Somerset police responded to a report of a man sleeping inside a running Nissan Rogue in the area of 61 Briggs Ave. He had reportedly been there since around 6:45 a.m. Police identified the man as Prevost and determined that he had multiple outstanding warrants.