A 25-year-old woman has been arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut after a crime spree that saw her use a Hummer to ram into a police officer’s Ford Explorer, among other things.
The Waterbury Police Department was on the hunt for Hannah Casperson when she and a man reportedly broke into 41 vehicles on the morning of Friday, April 1. Authorities caught up to Casperson that Sunday and initiated a chase.
Part of the chase was caught on the body camera of an officer. Footage shows that the officer had used his police cruiser to block off a small street with a dead-end. He approached Casperson inside the Hummer who was parked at the end of the street but she wasn’t ready to give up and ends up ramming into the cruiser.
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Despite the officer’s insistence that she stop, Casperson repeatedly hits the Ford and is able to eventually push it aside and speed off into the distance.
The Hour reports that Casperson rammed no less than eight police cruisers during the chase, causing damage totaling around $135,000. The pursuit only came to an end when the 25-year-old hit several cruisers on Route 111 and flipped the Hummer before slamming into a utility pole. She attempted to flee the crash on foot but was quickly apprehended and taken to hospital with a broken femur and a dislocated hip.
Seven officers involved in the chase were treated with minor injuries, including contusions and strained backs from the various crashes.
“This is a terrible situation that we just had to deal with,” Waterburg Police chief Fernando Spagnolo told The Hour the day after Casperson was arrested. “I think that all the officers involved did a spectacular job.”
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