4 Arrested After 40-Mile Pursuit On I-95 Ends In Guilford: Police

GUILFORD, CT — An 18-year-old Waterbury resident and three juveniles, with ages ranging from 14 to 17, were arrested early Monday morning after a pursuit that began in Westport ended in Guilford when state troopers deployed stop sticks, according to police. State Police were notified by Westport Police at about 3 a.m. on April 30 that they were in the pursuit of two vehicles, including a dark Acura, that were wanted in connection with several vehicle break-ins in Westport.

Westport Police terminated the pursuit in the area of Exit 18 in Westport and the vehicles continued on I-95 North at a high rate of speed. With the use of highway cameras, DOT personnel immediately located the vehicles in the area of Exit 25 in Fairfield, according to State Police. Both vehicles were then seen via DOT cameras stopping at Exit 30 with all of the occupants getting into an unknown sedan and abandoning the Acura, police said.

“DOT personnel were able to track the vehicle northbound on I-95 as responding troopers caught up to the vehicle in the area of Exits 43-44 in West Haven,” police wrote in a press release. “The vehicle, a stolen silver Hyundai bearing CT registration AM02845, was subsequently pursued by troopers northbound on I-95 until stop sticks were successfully deployed in the area of Exit 59 in Guilford.”

The stolen vehicle eventually came to a stop between Exits 59 and 60 in the median where the four occupants were detained.

Jordan Butler, the 18-year-old driver from Waterbury, was arrested on three counts of second-degree reckless endangerment and one count each of second-degree larceny, reckless driving, risk of injury to a child, engaging police in pursuit and operating motor vehicle under suspension. He was held on a $25,000 bond and is due in Bridgeport Superior Court on May 1.

The three juveniles, whose names weren’t released because of their age, were issued juvenile summons and released to the custody of their parents, according to police.

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