{"id":365118,"date":"2026-10-05T20:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/365118\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T20:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:22:11","slug":"hartford-man-caught-on-i-84-after-chase-in-new-york-connecticut-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/365118\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartford man caught on I-84 after chase in New York, Connecticut, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST HARTFORD – A Hartford man was arrested late Friday after engaging police in New York and Connecticut in a pursuit,<\/a> according to Connecticut State Police.<\/p>\n

Eduardo Otero-Mendez, 31, was arrested around 11:43 p.m. Friday on the eastbound side of Interstate 84 in West Hartford following a chase in which “less-lethal rounds” and a stun gun were used, state police said.<\/p>\n

State police said they had been alerted to be on the lookout for a bobtail truck – also known as a semi without a trailer – that had led Westchester County police on a chase Friday.<\/p>\n

Troopers saw the truck near Exit 43 on the right shoulder on I-84 east shortly before midnight and temporarily shut down the highway, according to state police.<\/p>\n

“During the interactions that followed, the accused operator failed to comply with multiple verbal directives issued by Troopers and continued advancing toward them,” CSP said. “In response, less-lethal rounds were deployed.”<\/p>\n

Otero-Mendez then attempted to flee on foot, police said, and troopers then used a stun gun but it was ineffective.<\/p>\n

Emergency medics evaluated Otero-Mendez on the scene, and he declined to be taken to the hospital, police said.<\/p>\n

Otero-Mendez is charged in Connecticut with interfering with an officer, operating a motor vehicle without a license, operating a commercial vehicle without a commercial driver’s license and failure to comply with fingerprinting requirements, CSP said. He was held on a $20,000 and scheduled for arraignment on Monday.<\/p>\n

Information on what may have transpired in Westchester County and any charges Otero-Mendez may be facing there was not immediately available.<\/p>\n

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