MIDDLEBORO, MASS. (WHDH) - A Middleborough man wanted for violating the terms of his probation connected to serious cases out of Plymouth County and the state of Montana was arrested in Rhode Island on Tuesday, officials say.
Members of the Bristol County District Attorney’s office and the Massachusetts State Police arrested 34-year-old William Monopoli, who also goes by William Burnham-Shurtleff, after he allegedly cut his GPS tracking monitor during a high-speed chase with Lakeville police and failed to submit to drug and alcohol screens, according to Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III.
Officers found Monopoli at the Holiday Inn in Smithfield with a 32-year-old woman who had been reported missing.
He was taken into custody and the woman was picked up by her mother, officials said.
Monopoli was ordered held without bail Thursday afternoon. He is due back in court on March 25.
In a statement, Quinn said, “This is a very dangerous defendant who does not belong out on the street as evidenced by the high-speed chase that occurred in Plymouth County. This case again highlights the importance that I place on tracking down dangerous fugitives, and working together with other law enforcement agencies to hold these fugitives accountable and make our communities safer.”
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