Cops: 2 Flee Police, May Have Sold Heroin

Two Amityville men face charges after they nearly hit police officers as they tried to flee with drugs, according to Nassau County Police.

Detectives said they were conducting an investigation at the Bethpage Motel at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday when they spotted a suspicious car. The car circled the motel several times before stopping in the motel parking lot. Detectives approached the car and asked the driver, Jasheem Pulley, 19, and Lawrence Jay Duke, 19, to exit the car, cops said.

Instead of exiting the car, Pulley hit the gas and drove along a walkway before slamming into a stairway at the motel, cops said. Several detectives jumped out of the way but one officer sustained an injury to his hand, cops said.

Pulley and Duke were pulled from the car and arrested, cops said. As Pulley got out of the car, multiple wax paper bags containing a substance resembling heroin fell to the ground, police said.

Pulley and Duke were each charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Additionally, Pulley was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, and second-degree assault.