Widespread power outages are a frustration for many, except for a Willington parolee who cops said thought he’d be able to duck out of home confinement because so the outages caused by Irene.
A South Windsor police officer signaled for Adem Bristol, 22, to stop around 2 a.m. on Wednesday in the parking area of a Pleasant Valley Road because he was driving 60 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour, police said
Instead of stopping, Bristol tried to jump a median to evade the officer and almost fell off his motorcycle, police said.
As officers took Bristol into custody, they learned Bristol was on parole -- he was wearing an ankle bracelet monitor when police detained him.
Power was out at Bristol's house and the equipment there wasn’t working, so Bristol felt he could leave unnoticed, according to South Windsor police, who contacted Bristol’s parole officer about the arrest.
Even though the power was out, the device was working because all monitoring devices are equipped with back-up batteries, according to the state Department of Correction. The parole officer was aware that Bristol broke his curfew and and there was a remand order for his arrest.
Bristol’s parole has been revoked and he was charged with traveling unreasonably fast, a stop sign violation, operating a motor vehicle without a license, no insurance, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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When the officer tried to put him in handcuffs, Bristol fought, so he was also charged with interfering with an officer, cops said,
Bristol was held on $20,000 surety bond and was in Manchester Superior Court on Wednesday morning.
His criminal record includes convictions for credit card theft, threatening and possession of controlled substances.
