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  • How a Berlin police chase ended with kids in the suspect’s car

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📰 News we're reading

• Meriden man led cops on chase in Berlin with kids in car, rammed cruisers, police say (milfordmirror.com) — Berlin police report that a Meriden man was arrested after allegedly continuing to flee on blown tires, ramming two cruisers, and driving with two unsecured children in his car. Officers say the pursuit moved along Chamberlain Highway into a dead-end road before they boxed in the vehicle and took him into custody on multiple charges.
   

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