5 Arrested After Violent Chase Through Tolland

TOLLAND, CT — A thwarted weekend burglary that led to a wild chase in Tolland resulted in the arrests of five teens, including one who is accused of intentionally ramming a state police cruiser head-on before being tackled on foot by a police dog, according to a law enforcement report.

State police released the details of the incident Monday.

The case began unravelling at 2:34 p.m. Saturday when state police at the Troop C barracks received a 911 call about people attempting to steal vehicles in the area of Kozley Road, according to an arrest report.

A second 911 call came in shortly after from a residence on Williams Way, state police said. The second caller told state police he had interrupted burglary in his garage and added that one of the men pulled out a gun as he approached the group, according to an arrest report.

The man was able to get a description of the getaway car before the men fled the property, which wound up being a stolen Acura RDX out of Newington, according to an arrest report.

At 2:43 p.m., Trooper Kyle Kaelberer saw the Acura traveling south on Old Stafford Rd. in the Town of Tolland, state police said.

As Kaelberer turned around to follow the vehicle, which was traveling at a high rate of speed through the intersection of Old Stafford and Dunn Hill roads and then south onto Tolland Green, where it slammed head-on into another state police cruiser, which was headed north with its lights activated, according to a state police report.

A state police report termed the crash "Intentional."

Five people exited the Acura the fled on foot, state police said.

Kaelberer and his canine partner, Drago, chased the driver, identified as 19-year-old Hartford resident Malik Price, on foot. He was apprehended by Drago and was arrested at the scene, according to an arrest report.

As more troopers, units from the Tolland Fire Police and other police dog teams converged on the area, Drago was able to locate a second suspect — 15-year-old juvenile — in a nearby wooded area, according to an arrest report. The teen had entered an occupied residence while attempting to elude capture before running into the woods, state police said.

Three additional suspects — 18-year-old Jashawn Atkinson, of Hartford, and two teenage boys — were located a short time later hiding in a shed at a home on Torry Road, according to a state police report.

All five were to be arraigned on Monday, records show.

Price's charges include:

• Reckless driving
• Driving without a license
• Carrying a pistol without a permit
• Illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle
• Conspiracy to commit home invasion
• Risk of injury to a child (3 counts)
• Conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary (3 counts)
• First-degree larceny of a vehicle valued at more than $20,000
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny (2 counts)
• Interfering with police
• Assault on a public safety officer
• Criminal use of a weapon
• First-degree assault
• Second-degree assault
• First-degree threatening
• First-degree reckless endangerment
• Bond: $500,000

Atkinson was charged with:

• Conspiracy to commit home invasion
• Conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary (3 counts)
• Third-degree burglary
• Criminal attempt at first-degree larceny of a vehicle valued at more than $20,000
• Interfering
• Bond: $500,000

A 17-year-old boy was charged with:

• Conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary (2 counts)
• Third-degree burglary
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny (2 counts)
• Interfering
• Bond: $500,000

A 15-year-old boy was charged with:

• Conspiracy to commit home invasion
• Third-degree burglary
• Conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary (2 counts)
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny
• Criminal attempt at first-degree larceny of a vehicle valued at more than $20,000
• Interfering

A 15-year-old boy was charged with:

• Conspiracy to commit home invasion
• Third-degree burglary
• Conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary
• Interfering