A man hijacked a New Haven police cruiser with an officer in the passenger seat Sunday night, according to the city's police department.
Stacey Footman, 49, is facing charges of larceny in the second degree, kidnapping in the second degree, assault of public safety personnel, criminal trover in the second degree and interfering with an officer.
At 10:43 p.m. Sunday, New Haven Police Officer Rios and Officer Roch had parked a cruiser at the police substation on Congress Avenue, police said. Roch remained seated in the passenger's side writing a report while Rios was inside the building.
Footman, who was known to officers in the district from previous arrests and interactions, went over to the driver's side of the cruiser and started yelling at Roch to get out, according to police.
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