Crime & Safety

After High Speed Chase, Man Begs Farmington Officers to Arrest Him

A Waterbury man ultimately got his wish to be arrested but had to be sent to a hospital after erratic, violent behavior.

A high-speed chase through two towns ended with a Waterbury man begging Farmington police to arrest him – and doing everything he could to entice them, police said.  

Canton police tried to stop Chris Hicks, 31, of Waterbury, for various motor vehicle violations around 4 a.m. Saturday but Hicks refused to stop, Farmington Police Lt. Marshall Porter said. Canton police pursued at speeds up to 100 miles per hour, Porter said, before he crossed into Avon. Avon police then also pursued, but Hicks refused to stop.  

When Farmington police saw Hicks drive through a red light, officers followed him and Hicks accelerated to a high speed and shut off his lights, Porter said. Though officers did not engage Hicks in a chase, he did stop without incident, Porter said.

A woman, Ashley Cronk, 25, was in the car with Hicks and was reportedly frightened. She was charged with criminal violation of a protective order, criminal impersonation and interfering with an officer after she allegedly lied to police about her identity.   

Hicks was charged with improper use of a marker plate, no insurance, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and reckless driving for the incident and taken back to the police department. Avon police also cited Hicks.

Once at the police department, Hicks became belligerent and increasingly violent, police said. Though he had been released, Hicks reportedly refused to leave.  

“The dispatcher advised the sergeant that [Hicks] was washing his feet in the bathroom of the lobby, taking off his shirt and harassing the janitor. And when cops told him to leave, he began yelling and screaming at the cops,” Porter said.  

Hicks reportedly told the officers that he paid $30,000 in income taxes, that he paid their salary and the he was their boss. He also allegedly began calling himself the ‘n’ word and ordering officers to arrest him or give him a ride.  

Porter said Hicks was told that if would settle down for a while, officers would get him a ride but that he began interrupting dispatchers and yelling so loudly that they couldn’t hear incoming 911 calls. Police finally arrested Hicks but that did not end his behavior, according to police.  

Once in a cell, Hicks started pounding on the door and stripping down naked, Porter said.  

“He was trying to block the camera, soaking his clothing in toilet water and putting feces on the floor and spitting,” Porter said.  

Hicks was eventually charged with second-degree breach of peace, third-degree criminal mischief and possession of drug paraphernalia with less than half an ounce of marijuana.  

He was released on $10,000 bond and sent to the hospital for erratic, violent behavior. 


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