A 44-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning, days after police say he crashed his vehicle into a Massachusetts State Police cruiser and fled the scene.
Keion Rowell, of Boston, was arrested in Randolph after a manhunt involving local, state and federal law enforcement, Tim McGuirk, a spokesman for State Police, said in a statement. Rowell is charged with trafficking in cocaine, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended license and leaving the scene of a crash causing personal injury.
Police identified Rowell as a suspect after troopers found “trafficking weight narcotic evidence” near the area of the crash.
At around 8 p.m. Friday, State Police troopers deployed a Star Chase tracking device on a vehicle that failed to stop in Boston. The tracking device is aimed at helping police pursue individuals who fail to stop for law enforcement.
Troopers eventually found the vehicle on Thwing Street in Boston, a dead end near the Jackson Square MBTA station in Jamaica Plain. As the first trooper approached the vehicle, police say Rowell rammed the cruiser several times with his vehicle and fled on foot.
The trooper was taken to a Boston Hospital for evaluation.
