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Suspect caught on West Main Street by HPD following highway pursuit

Hopkinton Police helped bring an end to a high-speed pursuit by the Massachusetts State Police on Sunday after the suspect exited the highway into Hopkinton.

At around 3:43 p.m. on Sunday, the Hopkinton Police Department was notified about an active pursuit initiated by the state police down Interstate 495 south near Hopkinton. According to a Facebook post by the HPD, the pursuit reached over 120 mph, and spike strips were deployed.

However, state troopers lost sight of the vehicle and terminated their pursuit near town. State police “advised local police that the vehicle — a green Mitsubishi sedan bearing Rhode Island registration — had struck stop sticks and was likely disabled in the area of the Hopkinton I-495 exits,” HPD Deputy Chief Scott van Raalten stated in an email to the Independent.

HPD Officer Justin Cappuccio and Sgt. Shannon Beloin responded to the area and searched the parking area around Price Chopper on West Main Street. The suspect’s vehicle, according to van Raalten, was identified in the lot based on the description and confirmation of a flat tire on the front passenger side.

“Upon locating the vehicle, officer Cappuccio observed a male suspect … walking away from the sedan toward the rear of the building,” stated van Raalten. 

In its Facebook post, the HPD stated that Cappuccio “ordered the suspect to the ground at gun point given the suspects’ refusal to comply, volatility and unknown risk of the situation.” Van Raalten noted that Beloin and Cappuccio were able to secure the 28-year-old suspect without further incident.

The suspect was placed into Massachusetts State Police custody and transported to the hospital for a minor injury “which was not a result of officer use of force,” per the HPD’s Facebook.

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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Photo of the Day

Hopkinton Women’s Club representative Nancy Tarsi (left) poses with Shana Sullivan from Compassion New England’s crisis center in Mendon after making a donation of diapers and Valentine’s care bags filled with basic necessities to the center, which serves individuals and families experiencing emergencies and family crisis.