COURIER L 14 IFE, OCT. 18-24, 2019
CUFFED: The 26-year-old allegedly suspect smashed his car into a police offi cer in Prospect
Lefferts Garden on Saturday. Photo by Paul Martinka
FLIGHT RISK
Motorist allegeldy runs down cops amid
failed escape following traffi c stop
BY JESSICA PARKS
A Brooklyn motorist allegedly
struck and injured a police officer
in an attempt to f lee from a routine
traffic stop in Prospect Lefferts
Garden on Saturday, cops said.
Two officers approached the
26-year-old motorist’s doubleparked
car near Rutland Road and
Flatbush Avenue shortly before
midnight, when the suspect allegedly
rammed his 2010 gray Audi
into one of the patrolmen — pinning
him between the vehicle and
another car, according to a Police
Department spokeswoman.
The suspect then hopped out of
the car and fled the scene on foot —
but his getaway was foiled 20 minutes
later when cops cuffed him on
Winthrop Street between Flatbush
and Bedford avenues, and slapped
him with felony assault charges,
according to police.
Officers also arrested a potential
accomplice on charges of obstructing
governmental administration.
The injured officer was rushed
to Kings County Hospital in stable
condition, according to police.
Judge Claudia Daniels-DePeyster
of Kings Criminal Court set
the suspect’s bail at $5,000 if paid
by cash, or $7,500 by bond at his arraignment
on Sunday.
The suspect has yet to post bond
by the time of publication and is
scheduled to reappear before the
court on Friday.
Deborah Silberman — a Legal
Aid Society lawyer assigned to
serve as the defendant’s defense attorney
— could not be reached for
comment.
The defendant is also caught
up in two other criminal matters
— one for aggravated unlicensed
operation of a motor vehicle and
another for alleged marijuana possession,
according to court documents.
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s
Office could not be reached
for comment Monday.
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