Warrant Issued For January Pursuit In Tolland, Vernon

TOLLAND, CT — An SUV was so full of pot smoke that a state trooper smelled it two car lengths away at a traffic stop that twice turned into a pursuit over the winter, state police said.

According to an arrest warrant, at 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 19, a state trooper was positioned near the Exit 67 interchange interchange and noticed a Cadillac sport utility vehicle with heavily tinted windows exit the highway, turn south onto Reservoir Road in Vernon and then turn onto Loehr Road in Tolland, according to a warrant.

The Cadillac slowed down to speeds of 5 miles per hour for a good 15 seconds with the trooper behind it with his emergency lights on, according to an arrest report.

The trooper, with the Cadillac still crawling along, finally activated his public address system and told the derive to "just stop," according to a warrant.

The trooper maintained a "safe" distance of two car lengths away, but could still clearly smell marijuana smoke coming out of it when he exited his cruiser, according to a warrant.

The Cadillac suddenly turned into a driveway and seemed ready to ram the state police cruiser and then brushed it and is headed toward Clarke Road, and eventually drove back onto Loehr and Reservoir and then I-84 westbound before the pursuit was terminated for safety reasons, according to a warrant.

The Cadillac was then stuck behind a "rolling road block" created by a line of plow trucks, but then managed to get around them and stop sticks put down by troopers before it sped away, according to a warrant.

How was she eventually tracked down?

The Cadillac was a rental and state police were easily able to get the driver's personal information.

The driver, identified as 30-year-old Genesis Cejas, was charged with reckless driving at greater than 85 mph, engaging police in a pursuit and traffic control signal violations.