PROSPECT, Conn. (WFSB) - A 24-year-old man accused of committing a home invasion and arson in Waterbury has been arrested by state police.

State police say 24-year-old Jalen Rasheed Skeete struck a state police cruiser in Prospect on Nov. 7th and fled the scene.

While identifying Skeete as their suspect and his vehicle as a black colored GMC Sierra pickup truck, Waterbury police informed troopers that Skeete was also the suspect in a home invasion, larceny, and arson.

Skeete was eventually found on Route 6 in Newtown, leading troopers on a pursuit onto Route 25 in Brookfield.

Troopers were able to force Skeete to stop his truck. State police say he tried to flee on foot through the woods towards the Ledgewood Condominiums but was placed into custody and transported to Danbury Hospital

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