SUMMARY: Eluding a Police Officer, DUI #3, Negligent Operation, Criminal DLS
CASE#: 24WM000748
On April 12, 2024 at approximately 11:37 PM, a Wilmington police officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle along Haskell Hill Road for failing to maintain its lane of travel and for defective equipment-rear license plate light out. The vehicle initially yielded to the following police cruiser displaying blue lights. As the officer approached the vehicle, the vehicle accelerated rapidly and fled the traffic stop. The vehicle fled the area and the officer followed the vehicle locating it crashed on the side of the road a short distance away. During contact with the operator the officer detected signs of impairment and screened the operator. The operator was subsequently arrested for Eluding a Police Officer, DUI #3, Negligent Operation, and Criminal DLS and transported to the Wilmington Police Department for processing. A passenger in the vehicle was not injured from the crash and was released from the scene.
The Defendant, Shane M. Manning, Age: 35 of Starksboro, VT was processed and issued a criminal citation to appear at the Vermont Superior Court - Windham Criminal Division on April 15, 2024 at 12:30 PM to answer to the charges. The Defendant was transported to Southern State Correctional Facility where he was held for lack of $5,000 bail.
