Hudson Man Arrested After Foot Chase With Law Enforcement

A man from Penobscot County was arrested Monday afternoon after he led authorities on a foot chase through a neighborhood in Hudson.

It started, as many tussles with the law do, when a Sheriff's Office Supervisor conducted a routine traffic stop in the area of Thurston's Way just before 4:30 PM.

The vehicle chose not to stop when the Supervisor attempted to pull it over, and that's when the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office says things went a bit sideways for the person driving the automobile, 38-year-old David Defilippo of Hudson.

"The driver continued to the end of a nearby residential driveway before fleeing on foot. The supervisor pursued the suspect, [and] the individual was successfully apprehended after a Taser was deployed."

The Hudson Fire Department helped in the effort.

Defilippo was arrested and charged with Operating After Habitual Revocation, Refusing to Stop for a Law Enforcement Officer, and Refusal to Submit to Arrest or Detention.

Unfortunately for Defilippo, he also had an active probation revocation warrant out on him for hiding out to avoid court processes and parole supervision. When the authorities caught up with him, that came into play, too.

Following the chase and tasing, the authorities were able to take him into custody without any other issues.

He was taken to the Penobscot County Jail.

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