Crime & Safety
Troopers Chase Down 100 MPH Driver on Vernon Street
A man was caught barreling down the hill from Tolland into Vernon at 100-plus mph, according to police.
VERNON, CT — State police chased down a 24-year-old driver who was speeding along the back way from Tolland into Vernon at a 100 mph clip, a report indicates.
The incident took place at 8:10 p.m. Saturday, according to an arrest report. A trooper on Route 74 saw a car driven by Michael Oakes, of Mountain Street, Vernon, go by an better than 100 mph.
He was on a downhill, curvy stretch of dark road and made it to East Main Street in the Rockville Section of Vernon, a densely populated area, before getting pulled over, according to an arrest report.
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Oakes was charged with disobeying the signal of an officer and reckless driving, state police sad.
According to an arrest report, he was also charged with possession of cannabis.
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