
Employees from the Hopkinton Public Schools Buildings and Grounds Department on Wednesday morning clear debris from the area where a vehicle struck the fence along Loop Road at the intersection with Hayden Rowe Street the previous evening. PHOTO/JERRY SPAR
A North Billerica man was arrested Tuesday night on 14 charges, including cocaine trafficking and malicious destruction of property, after the allegedly stolen white BMW he was driving crashed into a fence along Loop Road.
According to the police report issued Wednesday morning, the Hopkinton Police Department received an alert from the Southborough Police Department at 7:58 p.m. Tuesday to be on the lookout for a possibly stolen vehicle heading toward Hopkinton.
An HPD officer encountered the vehicle shortly after the report came in.
“[The driver] took off and tried to ram [the officer],” the report stated.
“Moments later,” the HPD received two 911 calls reporting that a white BMW crashed into a fence, located at the intersection of Loop Road and Hayden Rowe Street. The driver “took off on foot,” according to the report.
While HPD officers searched the area, a K-9 unit and Milford police officers responded to the scene. A GPS ankle monitor was found at EMC Park.
An officer detained the suspect at gunpoint while a warrant was faxed regarding the removal of the GPS ankle monitor.
Christopher M. Saunders Jr., 30, of North Billerica, was booked on the following charges:
- Assault with a dangerous weapon;
- Malicious destruction of property greater than $1,200;
- Malicious destruction of property of $1,200 or less;
- Failure to stop or yield for police;
- Unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle;
- Operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license;
- Leaving the scene of property damage;
- Negligent operation of a motor vehicle;
- Use of a motor vehicle without authority;
- Failure to stop for police;
- Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute;
- Trafficking of cocaine (36 grams or more, less than 100 grams);
- Possession of a Class B drug;
- Straight arrest warrant.
This story will be updated as additional information is received.





















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