Havelock North driver charged over checkpoint hit-and-run pleads not guilty 13 Apr, 2021 04:15 AM 2 minutes to read A police officer was injured when she was struck by a stolen vehicle in Havelock North in February. Photo / File A police officer was injured when she was struck by a stolen vehicle in Havelock North in February. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today A 25-year-old man alleged to have struck a police officer with a car while fleeing from a Havelock North police checkpoint has pleaded not guilty. Carl Junior Bartlett appeared in the Hastings District Court on Tuesday afternoon before Judge Anthony Walsh, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, aggravated failing to stop, reckless driving, driving while forbidden and receiving stolen property.