Connecticut Man Faces 3rd DWI and Numerous Other Charges

A Connecticut man with two prior DUI convictions is facing criminal charges for DWI and numerous other offenses after striking two police cruisers while driving while intoxicated.

According to police, Robert H. Violette, 47, was driving erratically on Saturday when a state trooper signaled for him to pull over for a traffic stop. Instead of pulling over and stopping, Violette kept driving, hitting the police officer's cruiser and then another cruiser that arrived for backup.  Violette was finally stopped when he crashed into a metal guardrail.

Violette, who was driving with a child in the car, was not injured. The child also wasn't injured.

Violette was charged with driving while intoxicated, first degree reckless endangerment, risk of injury to a minor, interfering with police, first degree criminal mischief, and operating a motor vehicle under suspension.

Violette has been charged with DWI twice before, most recently in August 2007. In that case he plead guilty and was sentence to one year in jail, two years probation, fined $1,000, and had his license suspended for 120 days.

Violette is currently being held in police custody on $50,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in Supreme Court in Norwich on Wednesday.

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