MIDDLETOWN >> A suspect in a crime spree that left one suspect dead and a state trooper shot is facing new drug charges after a Dec. 12 arrest.

Gina Haut, 40, of Ivoryton, was arraigned Thursday on charges of hindering a prosecution, felony possession of narcotics and use of drug paraphernalia. State police arrested her Dec. 12, according to court records.

State police previously arrested Haut after she gave differing explanations of her connection to Sebastian Award, Jonathan Alvarado and Corey Newhook, who allegedly held a couple captive in a Days Inn in Old Saybrook in April so that they could empty the man’s bank account in the morning. The man had received a settlement from a car accident, and Award and Alvarado — who knew the couple — intended to rip off the couple’s cash and force the man to sell his car and fork over the money from the sale.

At one point in the night, Corey Newhook allegedly held the couple at gunpoint so that the other two captors could rest.

The male victim told police he was able to make escape to another hotel room and enlisted the guest inside to call the front desk to phone the police. When officers arrived, they found Award, Alvarado and the female victim all in the woman’s car. She got out, but Award and Alvarado made a break for it, with the chase ending as a trooper forced the fleeing car off the road.

The fugitives exchanged gunfire with police. Alvarado was killed, and Award and a state trooper both sustained injuries from the gunfire.

Police questioned Haut about her connection to the alleged kidnappers, and her story changed over time. She first told police that she had only given them a ride and rented the room for them, but later that she had gone to the hotel room the night of the kidnapping but had not seen anyone, although she said she saw “the feet of 2-3 other people.”

Haut also eventually admitted to hiding items that Award and Alvarado had left in her car.

Haut had been working towards an accelerated rehabilitation program after she was arrested in May of 2012 for stealing cash and over $5,000 worth of jewelry from her ex-boyfriend’s mother in order to fund her heroin habit.

Judge Gerard Adelman assigned Haut a public defender for the new case Thursday. The Office of the Public Defender is also representing Haut on the case related to Award and Newhook.

State police seized 14 bags of “white powder,” two smoking pipes, a pink-and-purple bong and other paraphernalia in the December arrest.

She is due back in court on Jan. 28, as is Newhook.

Award is due back in court on Jan. 7.