Breaking-and-entering suspect in high-speed pursuit crashes into rookie officer's cruiser, killing her: Police
Vermont authorities charged a breaking-and-entering suspect with killing a rookie police officer when he crashed into her cruiser.
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Vermont authorities charged a breaking-and-entering suspect with killing a rookie police officer when he crashed into her cruiser. The slain victim, Jessica Ebbighausen, was a 19-year-old part-timer scheduled to start police academy in August so she could become full-time. The defendant, Tate Rheaume, 20, was still at the University of Vermont Medical Center in the city of Burlington on Saturday in “serious but stable” condition, state police said.
Police claim that Rheaume was trying to break into a home on East Washington Street on Friday. Cops in the city of Rutland responded and Rheuame allegedly sped from the first officer he encountered.
Rheuame allegedly crossed a center line into eastbound lanes and crashed into Ebbighausen’s cruiser. Officers described the damage to both vehicles as “catastrophic.”
