ATV rider injures troopers, faces several charges

Written by Mid Hudson News

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

NEW LEBANON – Four state troopers became involved in an incident that saw two of them injured and an East Chatham man in jail. The officers were investigating a home burglary on Cemetery Road in New Lebanon at the time.

Matthew Trainor, 28, was riding an ATV on Cemetery Road when troopers spotted him. He was ordered to stop, but as a trooper approached, he tried to drive away. The officer, who tried to pull Trainor of the vehicle, was dragged a short distance, causing injuries to his hand and shoulder.

Trainer then accelerated sharply, striking an investigator, injuring his leg and smashing the camera he was using to photograph the burglary scene.

Trainor and the ATV were located at a residence on Lover’s Lane in New Lebanon a short time later. He was charged with two counts of felony second-degree assault, felony criminal mischief in the third degree, felony DWI, four counts of misdemeanor reckless endangerment in the second degree and was cited for over a dozen traffic infractions.

Trainer was sent to the Columbia County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.

Source: http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2010/July/28/Trainor_arr-28Jul10.html

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