Three New Jersey teenagers wreck stolen Mercedes into multiple police cars

Three New Jersey youngsters had been arrested on Sunday after allegedly wrecking a stolen Mercedes-Benz into a number of police automobiles on Lengthy Island whereas attempting to evade a site visitors cease, leaving 5 officers with doubtlessly “career-ending” accidents, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder mentioned. 

A loaded 9-millimiter pistol and 15 rounds had been recovered from the car, which a 16-year-old was driving. A 17-year-old was within the passenger seat and one other 16-year-old was within the again. All had been charged with second-degree grand larceny, in addition to second- and third-degree legal possession of a weapon. 

The motive force was additionally charged with fleeing in a motorized vehicle and 5 counts of second-degree assault. 

Two of the suspects had been launched, whereas the opposite was stored in jail resulting from a warrant out of New Jersey for stealing a car. 

“They’re employed weapons by the gangs in Newark, New Jersey,” Ryder mentioned Tuesday. “They’re loading them up, they’re driving out right here, they’re committing crimes, they’re reckless, they’re harmful, they’re damaging our autos, they’re hurting our cops.”

Two detectives and three officers who had been injured had been taken to a hospital for remedy. One of many detectives suffered a concussion and the opposite had cervical ache. The three officers additionally suffered numerous accidents. 

The incident began shortly after midday on Sunday when a detective noticed a 2020 blue Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 that was reported stolen the day earlier than in Roslyn, a city about 20 miles east of Manhattan. 

When the detective initiated a site visitors cease, the motive force fled and wrecked into a number of police automobiles earlier than ultimately coming to a cease on the Lengthy Island expressway. 

About $250,000 in legislation enforcement property was broken because of the incident, based on Ryder. 

Nassau County Government Bruce Blakeman mentioned it’s “like New York state is invited criminals in from across the area.” 

“We’ve acquired 16- and 17-year-olds who, they know the distinction between proper or mistaken,” Blakeman mentioned Tuesday. “They’re committing crimes, they usually’re doing issues like injuring law enforcement officials and destroying police property and stealing automobiles and concerned in gang exercise. Previously they had been handled like adults. Now we deal with them like they’re little children.”