BRENTWOOD – A Newburyport, Mass., man has been indicted on charges he dragged a state trooper with his vehicle before speeding off.

Jamie Liversidge, 30, was indicted by a Rockingham County grand jury this week on several felony charges stemming from an Aug. 8 encounter with police along Interstate 95 in Hampton Falls, according to authorities.

Liversidge was indicted on charges of escape, conduct after an accident, reckless conduct and disobeying an officer.

Liversidge was pulled over on I-95 by state Trooper James Downey and allegedly provided a false name and birthday when he was questioned by the trooper, the indictments say.

Liversidge said his last name was Parsons and he had a different birthday from his real one, according to the indictments.

Liversidge allegedly put his car in gear and drove off after the trooper told Liversidge he was under arrest. Downey had ordered Liversidge to get out of the car. The trooper was dragged a short distance and knocked to the ground as Liversidge drove off, the indictments say.

Prosecutors charged Liversidge with conduct after an accident because he allegedly used his car as a deadly weapon and placed Downey in a position where he could have been seriously injured, the documents say.

Three of the charges are felonies.

An escape conviction would be punishable by 7 1/2 to 15 years in prison and a $4,000 fine. Convictions on charges of reckless conduct and conduct after an accident carry a prison term of 3 1/2 to seven years.

Liversidge is free on bail. He will be scheduled for arraignment in Rockingham County Superior Court within the next 30 days.

An indictment is not an indication of guilt, but rather a pronouncement that a grand jury has found enough evidence to warrant a trial.