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Joel Daoust
Police & Fire
Police Scuffle Ensues When Suspect Reaches For Waistband
A State Police Officer got into a struggle when a suspect being placed under arrest appeared to reach into his waistband for a weapon. The skirmish happened the morning of Monday, Nov. 2, after an officer pulled over a vehicle for erratic driving. Massachusetts State Trooper Joel Daoust stopped a sedan on I-90 in Charlton that fit with reports police had received earlier about someone driving dangerously on the highway, police said. Daoust soon learned that the driver, Jonathan O. Romero, 22, of Springfield, was operating with only a learner’s permit, police said. While being detained, …