Ax-wielding man leads police on foot pursuit that stretched to I-95

An ax-wielding man led police in Fairfield on a foot chase that stretched to Interstate 95 late Tuesday and ended in his arrest.

Officers responded to the report of a suspicious person to Hemlock Hardware, located at 1860 Post Road, shortly before 11 p.m. and found 35-year-old Orlando Roper of New York with an ax behind his vehicle at a nearby business, according to Sgt. Michael Stahl of the Fairfield Police Department.

Roper was acting erratically and told police they would need to use deadly force for him to be compliant...