FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — A Massachusetts State Police trooper stopped a suspected drunken driver who was going the wrong way on Interstate 91 in Northampton by pulling his cruiser in front of the car, state police said Saturday in a roundup of arrests for the week ending Oct. 24.

On Oct. 15, several 911 callers reported a driver speeding north in the southbound lanes of I-91 in Holyoke, police said. A trooper spotted the car still heading the wrong way near mile marker 22 in Northampton, drove ahead on his side of the highway, crossed the median and pulled in front of it. The car slowed before hitting the cruiser's push bar at low speed, police said. The driver showed signs of impairment and admitted drinking, according to state police, and was arrested on a drunken-driving charge and numerous other charges.

On Oct. 20, Becket police asked troopers from the Lee barracks for help with a man reported to be acting violently during a domestic disturbance and standing outside a home with a gun, threatening to shoot officers, police said. A state police drone determined he no longer had the gun, and officers approached and arrested him. Becket police later searched the home under a warrant and seized more guns.

On Oct. 21, troopers helped Lee police search for a man wanted for violating a restraining order and for violent behavior toward officers. A police dog tracked him to the woods near a river, where troopers arrested him, police said.

Troopers also arrested a driver in Chicopee on Oct. 20 after reports of a heavily damaged car swerving on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Warren; he was charged with second-offense drunken driving, negligent driving and driving without a license. On Oct. 16, a trooper found a man hiding behind a fallen tree after a two-car crash on Route 24 in Berkley and charged him with third-offense drunken driving. In Springfield, a man in a car reported stolen in Ludlow ran from troopers on Oct. 15 before being caught.

State police did not name any of those arrested. The charges are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

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