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Suspect in March carjacking spree indicted on 31 counts

An Everett man was indicted by a Middlesex grand jury Thursday on 31 counts in connection with a cross-county carjacking spree in March, said the Middlesex district attorney’s office.

Donald Hall, 28, allegedly carjacked several vehicles on March 31, leading authorities on a high-speed pursuit that began early in the morning in Newton. It continued through Billerica, Carlisle, and Concord before ending with a crash in Bedford, the office of District Attorney Marian T. Ryan said in a statement.

Hall has been indicted on charges of armed carjacking with a firearm, armed assault to murder, breaking and entering in the daytime with the intent to commit a felony putting a person in fear, breaking and entering a building in the daytime with the intent to commit a felony, assault with a dangerous weapon on a person over the age of sixty, assault and battery on a person over the age of sixty, assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm without a license, and leaving the scene after property damage.

An arraignment date has not yet been set, said Ryan’s office.

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Throughout the day, Hall allegedly commandeered four cars, crashed through police blockades, and exchanged gunfire with officers. The chase came to an end when a state trooper hit the back of the car Hall was driving, after which Hall struck a telephone pole and a tree before being arrested, according to police documents.

He was hospitalized and initially arraigned April 1 at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center for injuries that were not life-threatening that he suffered in a shootout with police during the chase.

Prosecutors said the events may also have included one attempted and one successful carjacking in Haverhill at about 2:30 a.m., prior to the chase in Newton that began at about 5 a.m.


Jennifer Smith can be reached at jennifer.smith@globe.com.

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