SPENCER- A traffic stop by Spencer police over the weekend became a pursuit that included three departments and left one officer with a broken hand.
A report of the erratic operation of a 2015 Mercedes-Benz SUV was received on Saturday night around 8 PM. Spencer police located and stopped the vehicle on Bixby Road.
Officers decided to remove the driver from the vehicle. According to police, 23-year-old Andriedy A. Frias-Ortiz from Worcester resisted being removed.
After police deployed a taser, Frias-Ortiz fled the scene, leading to the fractured hand of one officer.
Frias-Ortiz later crashed off-road within the Bixby Trail Apartments and fled on foot. The trail he fled along leads to the apartment where the SUV being pursued was registered.
After local K9 units, Sturbridge Police and Massachusetts State Police joined the pursuit Frias-Ortiz was located hiding in the basement of a neighboring apartment.
He was arrested and later released on $10,000 cash bail.
Frias-Ortiz was scheduled for arraignment this morning in East Brookfield District Court. He faces charges of assault & battery with a dangerous weapon, driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest, failing to stop and other traffic related charges.
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