Trooper Struck, Dragged By Vehicle During Disturbance In Ellington

ELLINGTON, CT — A woman suspected of smashing windows out of several vehicles with a tire iron during a disturbance early Sunday morning fled from police, striking and briefly dragging a state trooper with her car and backing into a patrol vehicle before leaving at a high rate of speed. She was later taken into custody at her home in New Britain, police said.

Veronica Allen, 26, is accused of traveling to a home on Cindy Road in Ellington around 4:20 a.m. and smashing the windows. She did not comply with verbal directives issued by troopers and fled in a black Honda Civic, with the passenger side door open. The door struck a trooper, who was knocked to the ground and dragged a short distance. Allen then backed the car into a patrol vehicle, causing minor damage to the driver's side, before fleeing, police said.

The trooper was treated for minor injuries at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford and released, police said.

The Honda was later located parked across the street from Allen’s home in New Britain. With the assistance of Troop H and New Britain police, she was taken into custody and charged with two counts each of third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace, as well as single counts of assault on a public safety officer, interfering with an officer, disobeying the signal of an officer, evading responsibility, unsafe backing, improper use of marker late and operating without minimum insurance.

Allen was held over the weekend in lieu of bonds totaling $110,000. She is slated to be arraigned Monday in Rockville Superior Court.