Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Trooper after Windsor Locks Traffic Stop

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT — A Wethersfield man whose car was towed due to a series of violations following a motor vehicle stop on Interstate 91 was arrested at his home after allegedly making repeated statements to a tow truck operator that he was going to kill the trooper who pulled him over.

Thomas Eldridge, 24, was charged with inciting injury to persons or property, second-degree breach of peace and second-degree threatening. He was held in lieu of $100,000 bond, and was scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Enfield Superior Court.

A police report states Eldridge was pulled over on I-91 northbound by a state trooper and ticketed for a number of violations, including misuse of plates, tinted windows, failure to drive in proper lane and operating without minimum insurance.

The vehicle was towed from the scene, and Eldridge allegedly made several statements to the wrecker operator about killing the trooper with a firearm, the report says.

The tow truck driver called Troop H in Hartford, who investigated and found Eldridge had made those statements. He was located at his residence in Wethersfield and placed under arrest, the report states.

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