Five Stamford police officers injured in high-speed chase

By: John Nickerson, lmtonline.com

STAMFORD — Five city police officers were injured in a high-speed car chase Friday started by a suspected shoplifter turned fleeing combatant and ended in a head-on collision on a downtown street.

Police have a 29-year-old Westchester County, New York man in custody who will be charged with multiple counts of assault on a police officer, reckless driving, engaging police in pursuit, robbery and a sixth-degree larceny for the pair of slippers he was trying to walk out of the store with, Capt. Diedrich Hohn said.

Police are not releasing the man’s name until they verify who he is after he is booked and fingerprinted at police headquarters. The suspect is being treated at Stamford Hospital for a broken hand and finger, Hohn said.

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