Man Barricades Himself In Home, Charged With Reckless Endangerment: Naugatuck Police

NAUGATUCK, CT — A Naugatuck man accused of fleeing from officers and later barricading himself in his home was arrested Tuesday on reckless endangerment and other charges, according to police.

In a news release, police said officers spotted a car driving near the area of Rubber Avenue and Cherry Street on June 20.

Officers identified the driver as Perry Willets, 57, of Naugatuck, and found he had an active arrest warrant charging him with first-degree failure to appear, according to police.

Officers stopped the car and tried to get Willets out of the vehicle, however he refused and drove off at a high rate of speed, according to police.

On Tuesday, officers tried to serve Willets with an arrest warrant connected to the June incident at his home. When officers arrived, Willets barricaded himself in his home and refused to come out, police said.

Officers were ultimately able to force entry into the home and Willets surrendered to them peacefully, according to police.

Willets was arrested and charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, interfering with an officer, failure to show registration/no fault insurance card/license, reckless driving and disobeying the signal of an officer for the offenses associated with the car stop, according to police.

Willets was also charged with interfering with an officer for the offenses associated with the incident at his home, as well as the original outstanding first-degree failure to appear charge.

Willets was held on a $7,500 bond and was arraigned in court Wednesday morning, according to police.