DOVER, Vt. (WCAX) - Police in three states and federal law enforcement are on the hunt for a Vermont man accused of assaulting a woman in Dover.

Dover police put out a “be on the lookout” for Mason Payne, 23, after the alleged assault on Tuesday evening. They warned that Payne may be armed with a rifle, wearing body armor and had made threats to harm law enforcement.

The Windsor County Sheriff’s Department tried to apprehend Payne at his home in Weathersfield, but police said he fled the area in a black Audi A3 before they arrived.

Hours later, at about 10 p.m., troopers in Massachusetts spotted the black Audi with a temporary Vermont plate on Interstate 91 in Holyoke.

They said they tried to pull the car over, but Payne sped off, dragging a trooper several feet. That trooper was not i

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