A woman was arrested after she allegedly dragged a state trooper with her vehicle Sunday morning in Ellington, police said.
Troopers from Connecticut State Police Troop C responded to a home on Cindy Road in Ellington about 4:20 a.m. Sunday, where 26-year-old Veronica Allen was allegedly smashing in windows on several vehicles in the driveway with a tire iron, according to state police.
Troopers tried to communicate with Allen and tell her to stop. Instead, she fled the scene in a black Honda Civic, police said.
As she drove away, a trooper was struck by the passenger side door — which was open — and was pushed to the ground and dragged a short distance, police said.
Allen then backed her car into a trooper’s patrol vehicle, causing minor damage to the driver side, and sped off, police said.
The trooper was taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital by ambulance and treated for minor injuries and then released, police said.
Police later found Allen’s car near her home and arrested her with the help of CSP Troop H and New Britain police.
She is charged with assault on a public safety officer, evading responsibility, backing up unsafely, interfering with an officer, improper use of a plate, driving without minimum insurance, disobeying an officer’s signal, criminal mischief, breach of peace and threatening, according to police.
She was being held in lieu of $110,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court in Rockville on Monday, police said.
