ATTLEBORO - A 27-year-old man is in jail in Rhode Island after leading police on a wild early-morning chase from the South Attleboro commuter train lot to Interstate 95 at the Pawtucket-Providence border, where he was stopped.

Menko Vy, 27, of 1559 Bay St., Taunton, allegedly tried to ram Attleboro police cruisers before fleeing on I-95 South into Rhode Island shortly after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, Attleboro police Lt. Kyle Heagney said.

He was arrested shortly afterward, when police from Attleboro, Pawtucket and Rhode Island State Police brought him to a stop in a rolling roadblock, Heagney said.

Vy was taken into custody by Pawtucket police on a fugitive from justice charge, Heagney said.

Attleboro police are filing several charges against Vy, including assault by means of a dangerous weapon: his car, refusing to stop for police and motor vehicle infractions, Heagney said. Police received a call from Pawtucket police around 12:30 a.m. about a suspicious man bending his rear license plate in Pawtucket near the South Attleboro line and then driving toward South Attleboro with his car lights off, Heagney said.

"We flooded South Attleboro with cruisers," Heagney said, adding that police feared a crime would be committed.

Heagney said Officer Gilbert Bechtel spotted the car at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority lot off Newport Avenue and attempted to stop it.

Instead of stopping, Heagney said, the driver attempted to ram his cruiser but Bechtel took evasive action and avoided a collision.

The car continued onto Newport Avenue, where the driver tried to ram another cruiser and attempted to force Bechtel to rear-end the car by repeatedly braking suddenly, Heagney said.

The driver turned onto Interstate 95 South, and attempted to get away, but was eventually forced to a stop at the Pawtucket-Providence line with the help of Pawtucket and Rhode Island State Police, Heagney said.

Police also learned that Vy may have been involved in an incident in Taunton about 1 1/2 hours earlier in which two police officers investigating a domestic call were nearly struck by a car fleeing the area, Heagney said.

No charges have been filed yet in connection with the Taunton investigation, he said.

An arraignment date in Attleboro District Court is pending court action in Rhode Island.

DAVID LINTON can be reached at 508-236-338 or at dlinton@thesunchronicle.com.