Man gets 15 months after stop for inspection sticker

WORCESTER – A Rutland man police tried to pull over for an expired inspection sticker was sentenced to more than a year in jail Friday for fleeing the traffic stop and resisting officers.

David J. Bolduc, 33, of 1 Highland Park, Rutland, received a sentence of 15 months in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the traffic stop last October.

According to a statement of facts filed in Central District Court, Bolduc ran from police before kicking an officer and calling another a homophobic and racial slur.

The incident began around 6:28 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2018, when Officer Dana Jobst, traveling behind Bolduc near the McDonald’s at 995 Main St. in Worcester, said a computer query indicated the man’s vehicle hadn’t been inspected for nearly two years.

Bolduc, after looking behind him and seeing a marked cruiser, sped off toward Webster Square recklessly, Officer Jobst wrote, putting lives on the busy street at risk.

Officer Jobst said he turned on his blue lights and siren, and the driver pulled into the parking lot at the Webster Square Package Store. The driver got out of his car and began walking, then broke into a run as he was told to stop, the officer said.

Police caught him at a house on Freeland Terrace after he scaled several fences. Officer Jobst said Bolduc tried to pull away from officers numerous times following his arrest and repeatedly made racial and gender-based slurs.

He also kicked up his right leg, the officer wrote, and “ended up striking” a sergeant. He had no ID and swore at officers who tried to ask his name.

Bolduc pleaded guilty Friday to assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license. Charges of negligent driving and refusing to produce his license were dismissed.

He was found responsible and not penalized for not having a valid inspection sticker.

Bolduc, on his guilty pleas, was sentenced to 15 months in the House of Correction, with 95 days of credit given.

Bolduc had his bail revoked Aug. 9, court records show, after he was charged with assault and battery on a family/household member, intimidating a witness, resisting arrest and threatening to commit a crime in East Brookfield District Court.

At the time of his 2018 arraignment, a judge noted a history of mental illness when setting bail at $1,000.

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