Crime & Safety
LI Couple Fled Cops, Crashed Stolen Car Upstate: Report
The man and woman lead cops on a chase in a car stolen from a Long Island gas station last week, according to a report.
MONTICELLO, NY - A Long Island couple were arrested last weekend in upstate New York after leading cops on a chase in a stolen Oldsmobile and crashing the car, according to a report in the Times Herald-Record.
Michael Leto, 28, of Hauppauge was driving the car that was reportedly stolen from a North Babylon gas station with passenger Courtney Rauch, 30, of Sag Harbor when an officer attempted to pull him over for speeding on Route 17, the Times Herald-Record reports.
The officer chased the car until Leto crashed "ran off the road and crashed near Heiden Road," according to the report.
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The two were sent to Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris and both charged with felony possession of stolen property, the report states. Leto also faces additional charges.
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