Crime & Safety
Update: Mansfield Schools Operating on Normal Schedule After Lockdown
A fleeing suspect forced two schools to go on lockdown Wednesday as a precautionary measure. The suspect has since been apprehended.
Update: 12:25 p.m.
and are now operating on a normal schedule after a temporary lockdown Wednesday morning.
The schools were placed on lockdown from approximately 9:30-11 a.m. as a precaution after a suspect fled from police as they attempted to serve him with a warrant, according to Superintendent of Schools Fred Baruzzi.
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"The individual didn't have any intention of doing anything that we're aware of to the schools," Baruzzi said. "We thought it was a prudent move."
The suspect, who fled on Coventry Road, was apprehended a short time later just north of Stearns Road, according to Sgt. Richard Cournoyer of the Mansfield Resident State Trooper's Office.
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The suspect has since been taken into custody and is currently being processed at the Connecticut State Police Troop C Barracks.
Check back with Mansfield-Storrs Patch for more information as it becomes available.
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