Hartford man accused of threatening to kill CT state police sergeant, engaging in high-speed pursuit

A Hartford man accused of threatening to kill a Connecticut State Police sergeant earlier than partaking him in a high-speed pursuit is going through a number of fees.

The incident started when a state police sergeant, who was not carrying a uniform however had his badge displayed round 10:30 a.m. on Monday, was attending to his automobile on Asylum Avenue in Hartford. A person, later recognized as 29-year-old Raymond Lapinski, allegedly started to yell on the sergeant from a silver Honda Accord and requested whether or not he was “a cop,” based on a press release from state police Wednesday.

After the sergeant confirmed he was a member of regulation enforcement, Lapinski allegedly acknowledged that he “kills cops.” Lapinski then reportedly started to make use of profanities as he threatened to kill the sergeant, state police mentioned.

The sergeant approached the Honda and issued verbal orders to Lapinski. Because the sergeant tried to take Lapinski into custody, Lapinski allegedly ignored the orders and fled within the automobile, touring westbound on Asylum Avenue. The sergeant recorded the license plate quantity and referred to as it into Troop H dispatch, based on state police.

Lapinski reportedly stopped the Honda a brief distance away, leaned out the window, displayed an obscene hand gesture and yelled profanities on the sergeant earlier than driving off, state police mentioned.

A short while later, the sergeant noticed the Honda driving on Pulaski Circle and tried to make a motorized vehicle cease by activating his emergency lights and siren. The Honda then reportedly accelerated because it entered the Whitehead Freeway, touring towards Interstate 91, In response to state police, the Honda was noticed being pushed recklessly at speeds in extra of 100 mph on I-91 South within the space of Exit 28. Within the curiosity of public security, efforts to cease the Honda had been terminated, state police mentioned.

Throughout the investigation, the state police sergeant positively recognized the Honda’s registered proprietor as Lapinski. A database test confirmed that Lapinski had energetic arrest warrants from two native police departments.

State police and the Hartford Police Division had been in a position to find Lapinski at 9:16 a.m. on Tuesday as he was strolling within the space of Asylum Avenue and Ann Ucello Avenue in Hartford. Lapinski was ordered to put down on the bottom by state troopers. He then allegedly reached towards his waistband and grabbed a knife, state police mentioned.

As troopers drew their weapons, Lapinski dropped the knife, which was secured and seized as proof, state police mentioned. He was then taken into police custody.

Lapinski reportedly started resisting arrest as he was positioned in a Hartford police cruiser, changing into combative with troopers and yelling obscenities, state police mentioned. A state police detective and the sergeant he was beforehand accused of threatening sustained minor accidents in the course of the battle, based on state police.

Lapinski was transported to the Hartford Correctional Heart the place he was processed and charged with two counts of assault of a public security officer, first-degree legal try and commit assault, interfering with an officer and carrying a harmful weapon.

Lapinski was held in lieu of a $1 million bond and transferred to the custody of the Connecticut Division of Correction pending his arraignment on Wednesday at Hartford Superior Courtroom.

The arrest warrant for Lipinski associated to the threatening incident and pursuit was authorized on Tuesday by Hartford Superior Courtroom. State police served the warrant whereas Lipinski was being held in DOC custody on Wednesday, charging him with second-degree threatening, first-degree reckless endangerment, reckless driving and disobeying the sign of an officer/trying to elude or escape an officer.

A $100,000 money/surety bond in reference to that incident additionally was imposed on Lapinski, who additionally was scheduled for a second arraignment Wednesday, on these fees, at Hartford Superior Courtroom.

Arrests from a number of further jurisdictions are anticipated, state police mentioned.