An Ellendale man faces charges after police say he assaulted a woman Sept. 7 at Red Mill Inn and then led police on a chase through Milton before ending in Ellendale.

Timothy Rossi Jr., 36, assaulted a woman at 8 a.m. and then fled in a silver Chevrolet Suburban, said Master Cpl. Michael Austin of the Delaware State Police.

Milton police spotted the vehicle a short time later as it drove on Front Street in Milton but Rossi refused to stop when the officer tried to perform a traffic stop and a pursuit ensued, Austin said.

Rossi drove directly at responding police vehicles several times as the pursuit wound through Georgetown and Ellendale, Austin said.

Troopers were finally able to deploy stop sticks which disabled Rossi’s vehicle bringing it to a stop on Maple Branch Road in Ellendale. After a brief struggle in which a trooper sustained minor injuries, Austin said, Rossi was taken into custody. Austin said police found marijuana on Rossi and in the vehicle; in a second vehicle police found a box containing 31 rounds of Federal 380 ammunition, for which he is prohibited to possess.

Rossi was charged with first-degree assault, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, three counts first-degree reckless endangering, resisting arrest and other charges. In connection with the domestic assault he faces strangulation, unlawful imprisonment and other charges.

He was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 3 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution in default of $205,605 cash bail.