HARTFORD, Conn. — A Hartford man was federally charged in Vermont on kidnapping and interstate transport of a stolen motor vehicle on Wednesday.
According to court records, Barry Perez, 37, stole a box truck in Lebanon, New Hampshire in the early hours of the morning of Jan. 13, 2023, and drove it into Vermont before crashing it into a rock on Interstate 89.
When a good Samaritan truck driver pulled over to help, Perez pointed a "realistic-looking faux firearm" at the truck driver and forced the truck driver to drive him northbound on I-89.
The truck driver was able to run from the truck in a parking lot in Berlin. Responding officers found Perez in the cab of the truck and arrested him.
Perez had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Burlington on May 11.
Perez faces a maximum possible penalty of life imprisonment if convicted.
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