Seven Connecticut cops injured after 'woman hit their cruisers'
Seven Connecticut cops are injured after woman, 25, wanted for 41 car breaks-ins, rammed their cruisers with her white Hummer
- Hannah Casperson, 25, is accused of crashing her Hummer into eight police cruisers after helping her boyfriend, Thomas Crawford, 31, burglarize 41 cars
- Bystander’s video shows Casperson’s white Hummer smashing into a police cruiser in Waterbury, Connecticut, during an arrest attempt
- Casperson managed to get away and made her way to Monroe, where she wrecked her vehicle and was hospitalized
- Seven police officers were injured, of whom six required hospitalization
- At the time of her arrest, Casperson was out on probation stemming from November convictions on charges of criminal mischief and failure to appear
A Connecticut woman wanted for dozens of car break-ins has been accused of crashing into eight police cruisers and injuring seven officers during a wild chase on Sunday that ended with her smashing her white Hummer into a pole and being taken into custody.
Hannah Casperson, 25, was suspected of helping her boyfriend, 31-year-old Thomas Crawford, vandalize and ransack 41 parked vehicles in and around Waterbury last week.
Casperson, from Brookfield, was out on probation during the incidents.
Crawford was spotted at a grocery store shopping for meat on Thursday night and placed under arrest, but his girlfriend managed to get away.
Hannah Casperson, 25 (left), is accused of crashing her Hummer into eight police cruisers after allegedly helping her boyfriend, Thomas Crawford, 31 (right), burglarize 41 cars
A bystander’s cellphone video shows an armed police officer confronting Casperson driving her white Hummer H2 in Waterbury, Connecticut, on Sunday
Casperson is seen in the footage crashing into a marked police cruiser
The Hummer clips a utility pole at Rutledge and East Main streets before driving off
Waterbury police said city officers tracked down Casperson on Sunday, after receiving information about her location and approached the white 2006 Hummer H2 she was in shortly after 8.30am.
When cops with guns drawn tried to talk to Casperson in the area of Rutledge and East Main streets, the woman struck a cruiser and clipped a utility pole before driving off.
Police then attempted to corner Casperson again at Brass Mill Drive and East Main Street, but she hit a cruiser before entering onto Interstate 84 westbound.
Casperson reportedly struck six more cruisers before losing control and wrapping her Hummer ultimately around a utility pole about 25 miles away in the area of Monroe Turnpike and Wheeler Road in Monroe, reported News 12.
Police say Casperson struck seven more cruisers between Waterbury and Monroe
Seven police officers were injured, with six of them requiring hospitalization
Casperson eventually slammed her Hummer into a utility police in Monroe, causing massive damage to the vehicle
Casperson was taken to a hospital in a stable condition to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. She faces dozens of charges
She was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport and was listed in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries.
Six officers were taken to a hospital and later discharged, police said. Another injured officer did not need hospital treatment, officials said.
Police said Casperson was expected to face charges related to Sunday’s chase after being discharged from the hospital. They said there were multiple warrants pending for her arrest on other charges.
Court records show she pleaded guilty in November to criminal mischief and failure to appear in court and was sentenced to 18 months of probation. She also has a pending case in which she is charged with interfering with police and has pleaded not guilty.
Crawford was charged with 41 counts each of burglary, conspiracy at burglary and larceny, and criminal mischief. He is being held at the Wolcott Police Department on $75,000 bond.
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