Sheriff's Office Awaits Extradition of Person of Interest in Macomb Stabbing

The Fraser man wanted in connection with the in Macomb remains in police custody in New York.

Joseph T. Reiner, 27, was arrested on Feb. 26 by New York State Police on the Tappan Zee Bridge in Orangetown, NY, after an almost 100-mile car chase that started in Roxbury, NJ.

Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said the Michigan Department of Corrections is continuing to work to extradite Reiner back to the state, at which point the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office will interview him and present what evidence they have collected in the case to the county prosecutor.

“We’ll have an opportunity to interview him,” Wickersham said. “We’re waiting for our evidence at the crime lab and will present our case to the prosecutor.”

Wickersham said deputies have been able to interview the stabbing victim, a 69-year-old Macomb Township woman, and she continues to recuperate from the two stab wounds she received in the neck.  

Upon his arrest in New York, Reiner was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, reckless endangerment, unlawfully fleeing police, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, unlawful possession of marijuana, various vehicle and traffic violations and being a fugitive from justice from the state of Michigan, according New York State Police.

Reiner is also a suspect in , which took place Feb. 24 and 25 and involved the theft of a 1999 Acura, which Reiner was driving at the time of his arrest.