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Date: February 22, 2010
Contact: Paul H. Magee, Chief of Police

New Bedford Man Arrested After Chase

On Monday, February 22, 2010, at approximately 1:00 PM, the Rochester Police Department received a report of an erratic driver in a maroon van on High Street. Officer Robert Small was on patrol in the area and spotted the van. As soon as the driver saw the police he fled. Police gave chase on a number of town streets before the suspect took the pursuit off road.

The driver sped into cranberry bogs in the area of High Street and Walnut Plain Road. His vehicle became stuck in deep mud so he jumped out and fled on foot. Officer Donald Kemmett arrived to assist. The suspect was chased around the bog area by the officers and finally taken into custody.

Ronald A. Tavares of Willard Street in New Bedford has been charged with speeding, failure to stop for police, operating negligently so as to endanger, and operating with a suspended license. Tavares will be arraigned in Wareham District Court Tuesday morning.