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The Connecticut teen who jury-rigged a drone with a handgun has been charged with assault

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Austin Haughwout, 18, was charged with refusing to obey police orders on Wednesday when he was summoned to the Clinton police station in connection with an incident that occurred Sunday night, when he drove away from officers trying to question him in a library parking lot, according to police and court officials.

When police attempted to arrest Haughwout on charges of interfering with an officer and failure to obey an officer's signal, he became violent and attempted to flee the police station, the Clinton Police Department said in a statement.

The Sunday incident that led to Haughwout's arrest was not related to the drone video, Clinton Police Sergeant Jeremiah Dunn said.

Haughwout on Thursday was charged with two counts of assault on a police officer and one count of interfering with an officer. He was released on a $20,000 bond.



 


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