Police: 19-Year Man Had 'No Business Being on the Road'

Burlington Police Booking Photo

A 19-year-old Burlington man is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday on a number of motor vehicle charges, according to authorities.

A traffic officer noted a missing front license plate, and attempted to stop a green 1993 Honda Accord at the intersection of Winn and Cambridge streets at 6:30 Tuesday night. The driver refused to stop and drove up Cambridge Street into Billerica. Burlington Police pursued him down a side street before he came out on Boston Road and struck a curb near a convenience store. The driver - identified as Noah Frantz Jacelyn, 19, of Burlington - bailed out of the still moving car, according to Chief Michael Kent and Shift Commander Lt. Thomas Browne.

Officer Bernie Schipelliti, who is also the department’s traffic safety officer, was able to maneuver his police cruiser into position and stop the car before anyone was hurt. The cruiser sustained minor damage.

Other officers chased the suspect on foot, catching him behind the convenience store building.

“Neither the suspect nor the vehicle in question had any business being on the road this evening,” Lt. Browne said in a statement. “This was a very dangerous situation, in which we allege that the suspect showed reckless disregard for innocent civilians by jumping out of a moving vehicle in a fruitless attempt to elude police.”

Jocelyn was charged with:

• Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle
• Failure to Stop for Police
• Motor Vehicle Operator Refusing to Identify Self for Police
• Operating a Motor Vehicle With a Suspended License
• Number Plate Violation (Concealment)
• Operating a Motor Vehicle With a Suspended Registration
• Uninsured Motor Vehicle
• Unregistered Motor Vehicle
• Resisting Arrest
• Failure to Stop
• Failure to Yield
• Speeding
• Marked Lanes Violations (Two)
• Number Plate Violation

“Officer Schipelliti did an excellent job this evening, moving his cruiser into position to prevent it from striking any innocent civilians,” Chief Kent said.

Billerica Police assisted at the scene as well.

Jocelyn was ordered held on $540 cash bail and will be arraigned Wednesday in Woburn District Court.