Manchester Man With 6 No-Contact Orders Nabbed After Assault At Hotel In Vernon: Cops

VERNON, CT — A Manchester man who had been issued six no-contact orders is now facing a dozen charges after an assault at a motel in Vernon, police said.

The incident took place Monday at the Vernon Motel on Route 30, police said. A report in the incident was released Friday.

On Sept, 15, officers arrived at the motel and found a man and woman engaged in a "heated altercation" while entering a pick-up truck, according to an incident report.

An officer quickly positioned himself at the motel exit with a tire deflation device, but the man sped off in the truck and climbed a nearby grassy embankment to avoid the exit. An officer caught up to the truck and successfully deployed the spike strips and the truck was disabled, according to an incident report.

The truck was unregistered and uninsured and was displaying a misused registration plate, police said.

The woman, who had been assaulted inside the motel, was able to escape safely, but the man fled into some nearby woods after the truck crashed, according to an incident report.

Vernon officers, along with state police Trooper Michael Nisbet and his canine partner, Apollo, and other CSP units, located the man hiding in thick brush and took him into custody, according to an incident report.

The man, identified as 36-year-old Elijah Peterson, of Manchester, had six active no-contact protective orders related to the woman, according to an incident report.

Peterson was charged with:

• Six counts of violating a protective order
• First-degree criminal trespass
• First-degree unlawful restraint
• First-degree reckless endangerment
• Third-degree assault
• Second-degree breach of peace
• Interfering with police
• Evading responsibility
• Reckless driving
• Failure to carry minimum insurance
• Improper use of a plate
• Driving an unregistered vehicle