WILMINGTON, MA — On Friday morning, August 26, 2016, Officer Kevin Skinner of the Wilmington Police Department observed a 2007 GMC Envoy operating erratically and at a high rate of speed in the vicinity of Hopkins Street and Shawsheen Avenue in Wilmington.
When the officer attempted to stop the vehicle, the operator fled, refusing to stop.
Wilmington officers were able to follow the vehicle into Woburn where the operator turned down Joseph Terrace which is a dead end street.
The suspect vehicle then struck a parked vehicle at the end of the street and his exit was blocked by several Wilmington cruisers.
The suspect attempted further escape by placing the vehicle in reverse and ramming into two Wilmington cruisers.
The officers were able to get the vehicle stopped and take the operator into custody.
It was quickly learned that the suspect had just committed a Breaking and Entering at The Corner Store on Shawsheen Avenue in Wilmington where Officer Skinner had first observed the suspect. The suspect had used the vehicle to smash in the rear glass door of the business.
The suspect has been identified as 41 year old Brian J. Caputo of 81 Arnold Ave., Lowell MA.
Caputo is facing several charges including:
- Operating Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (6th Offense)
- Using a Motor Vehicle Without Authority
- Failure to Stop for Police
- Resisting Arrest
- B&E of a Building in the Nighttime
- Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon
- Operating with a Revoked License
- Malicious Destruction of Property
- Several Motor Vehicle Violations
Caputo will be arraigned later today at Woburn District Court.
(NOTE: The above press release is from the Wilmington Police Department.)
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