Staff reports 7:18 a.m.
Saturday, April 13, 2024 7:18 am

ROCHESTER - A Rochester man is facing drunken driving and domestic violence charges after leading police on a chase through Somersworth and Dover Thursday night.

Christopher Glover, 41. of Rochester, is facing charges of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, aggravated driving under the influence of liquor, driving under the influence of liquor, disobeying a police officer, driving without a license and reckless operation. The domestic violence charge police were investigating led to Thursday's chase.

State Police said they received a "BOLO" notification around 8 p.m. Thursday for a 2016 Jeep Cherokee suspected of being driven by a man wanted by Rochester police in connection with a domestic assault.

Rochester police located the vehicle around 9 p.m., but it fled the scene and was later spotted on Museum Way where it fled police again as they closed in.

During a pursuit that followed, the Jeep sped south on Route 125 and Route 108 in Rochester before entering Somersworth, where state police deployed tire deflation devices, successfully deflating the front tires. The pursuit continued into Dover along several major roads and secondary roads and slower speeds.

The Jeep then returned to Route 108 and continued back through Dover and Somersworth and into Rochester where it finally came to a stop on Route 108 in Rochester in the vicinity of Tebbetts Road, where state police took the driver into custody.

Glover was held overnight at the Strafford County House of Corrections and arraigned on Friday.