By Associated Press - Saturday, June 2, 2018

DANIELSON, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man is facing charges after he raced through a funeral ceremony while trying to evade state troopers.

State police say a citizen flagged down a trooper around 6:30 p.m. Friday to report an assault at a local park.

Authorities say another trooper later spotted the suspect, 44-year-old Bart Donnelly, of Danielson, running through a funeral home property while a ceremony was going on. Donnelly eventually was captured.



Donnelly is charged with disrupting a funeral, breach of peace, third-degree assault and interfering with investigation. He’s being held on a $3,000 bond. It wasn’t immediately known if he’s represented by a lawyer.

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