Man Tased After Wild Police Chase: PD

WHEATLEY HEIGHTS, NY - A Bay Shore man was arrested following a wild chase after he intentionally struck a cop car during a traffic stop in Wheatley Heights on Monday afternoon, according to Suffolk Police.

An officer was on patrol on Lee Avenue in Wyandanch when he saw a blue Ford traveling eastbound making a turn without signaling, police said. Instead of pulling over, the driver, identified as 21-year-old Daevon Cannon, sped away, police said.

For the next several minutes, Cannon was seen driving erratically, striking a mailbox on Washington Avenue and leaving the scene, police said. The officer then activated his lights and sirens and followed the car until it struck a telephone pole at the intersection of Washington Avenue and N. 27th Street in Wheatley Heights at 2 p.m., police said.

The officer ordered Cannon and an occupant to exit the car, but Cannon put the car in reverse and drove at the responding officer, forcing him to jump out of the car's path before it hit the marked police cruiser, police said.

The two then abandoned the car on Colonial Spring Road and fled on foot. The officer chased them and eventually found Cannon trying to jump a fence. Cannon then reached toward his waistband and the officer used his Taser to strike him, police said.

Cannon was taken in a police car to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for evaluation.

He was charged with unlawful fleeing and reckless driving, fourth degree criminal mischief, second degree reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an incident.

He was held overnight at the First Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Tuesday.

Police are asking anyone with information on this incident to call the First Precinct Crime Section at 631-854-8126 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.