Connecticut: Orange Police Officer Narrowly Escapes Being Struck by a Fleeing Shoplifter: Police

Orange police say officers responded to the Kohl’s store on Bull Hill Lane regarding a shoplifting complaint at 8:33 p.m. Sunday.

Officers learned that the suspect, Ashely Staggers, 23, of Greenwood Street in New Haven, had selected $347 worth of clothing and bedding from the shelves and left the store without attempting to pay, police said.

As officers arrived, they saw the arrestee enter a vehicle, so they boxed it in with their cruisers, police said.

One officer attempted to make an apprehension, but the arrestee allegedly reversed her vehicle into the cruiser behind her, then drove forward into the cruiser in front, causing the officer to jump onto the hood of her car to avoid being struck, police said.

That officer fell off the vehicle after impact, police said. The suspect then rammed the cruiser behind her a second time, and was able to exit the parking lot by driving over traffic ‘islands’ and curbs, police said.

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