A former police sergeant will go to trial on charges he ran down two teens with his sports utility vehicle and then drove away.Click here to view News 9’s reportStephen Coco is facing two felony counts for an incident in March after his plea deal was rejected in November.The father of one of the teens said this is what the parents wanted – a trial where all the facts of the crash come out.The crash left both boys injured in a snow bank and cost Coco his job. Now, it could send him to prison.It was March 22 around 9:20 p.m. when investigators said Coco left a gathering in a Bedford neighborhood and struck two teens on Harrod Lane.Noah Hickman was sent over the hood and Dean Drukker was run over. Both boys survived.Coco, who was a Manchester police officer, was fired the day before charges were filed.In November, a plea deal lowering his charges to misdemeanors and blaming the crash on cellphone distraction was thrown out. The judge called the deal inadequate.Now, indictments for two felony charges of conduct after an accident each could carry up to seven years in prison.“We feel it should have been a felony charge from the go,” said John Hickman, Noah’s father.John Hickman said both families were against the plea deal and wanted the case to go to trial.“I would just like a fair trial,” John Hickman said. “I would like to go to trial so the evidence can come out so we can hear and learn why it had to happen, what did he do?”Coco’s trial is set for March.

A former police sergeant will go to trial on charges he ran down two teens with his sports utility vehicle and then drove away.

Click here to view News 9’s report


Stephen Coco is facing two felony counts for an incident in March after his plea deal was rejected in November.

The father of one of the teens said this is what the parents wanted – a trial where all the facts of the crash come out.

The crash left both boys injured in a snow bank and cost Coco his job. Now, it could send him to prison.

It was March 22 around 9:20 p.m. when investigators said Coco left a gathering in a Bedford neighborhood and struck two teens on Harrod Lane.

Noah Hickman was sent over the hood and Dean Drukker was run over. Both boys survived.

Coco, who was a Manchester police officer, was fired the day before charges were filed.

In November, a plea deal lowering his charges to misdemeanors and blaming the crash on cellphone distraction was thrown out. The judge called the deal inadequate.

Now, indictments for two felony charges of conduct after an accident each could carry up to seven years in prison.

“We feel it should have been a felony charge from the go,” said John Hickman, Noah’s father.

John Hickman said both families were against the plea deal and wanted the case to go to trial.

“I would just like a fair trial,” John Hickman said. “I would like to go to trial so the evidence can come out so we can hear and learn why it had to happen, what did he do?”

Coco’s trial is set for March.