By DAVID OWENS | The Hartford Courant
4:21 PM EDT, October 24, 2008
NEW HAVEN - A U.S. Postal Service worker who allegedly fired a gun at a man Friday morning was arrested in Stamford later in the day after leading police on a chase down I-95.

Anthony DeFelice, 41, of New Haven, fired at his former girlfriend's new boyfriend, police said. The shot missed and no one was hurt, police said.

DeFelice was driving a postal vehicle at the time of the shooting, police said. He abandoned the vehicle in Wallingford, where he works.

At about 10 a.m., city police alerted area police departments to be on the lookout for DeFelice. At about 11:20 a.m., a state trooper spotted DeFelice's personal car while checking the Fairfield rest area on I-95 South. As more troopers and Fairfield officers arrived at the rest area, DeFelice fled south on the highway. The pursuit ended in Stamford, were Stamford officers set up a rolling road block.



DeFelice remained in his car and was on the phone with New Haven police, who talked him into surrendering. He was taken into custody by state troopers and transported to Bridgeport Hospital for evaluation, then turned over to New Haven officers. State police recovered a gun that they turned over to New Haven police.

State police charged DeFelice with reckless driving and engaging police in pursuit. Charges are pending in New Haven.


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