22-Year-Old BMW Driver Turned A Traffic Infraction Into Criminal Charges After He Made A Run For It: Police

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — A traffic stop for a traffic violation became an investigation that left a Westchester man in handcuffs after he made a run for it, according to police.

On Tuesday, at 11:05 a.m., an officer on the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway, in Yonkers, spotted a BMW sedan without a front license plate. The officer attempted to stop the car for the violation, but the driver fled at high speed, weaving in and out of traffic, driving on the shoulder, and "generally endangering other motorists on the parkway," according to police.

The officer terminated a brief pursuit for safety reasons, police said.

The BMW continued onto local roads in Ardsley and Greenburgh, and then entered the Sprain Brook Parkway. An officer from the Conditions Unit located the BMW on the Taconic Parkway in Mount Pleasant, but the driver again fled at high speed and drove recklessly, according to WCPD.

Although the displayed rear plate on the BMW came back to another make and model vehicle, investigators determined the vehicle was registered in Carmel, according to police.

Two officers went to the Carmel address to canvass for the suspect vehicle, with assistance from the New York State Police. A trooper spotted the car, and the driver tried once again to flee, according to cops, but this time, he ended up going down a dead-end street.

WCPD officers took the 22-year-old Ossining man into custody, impounded his car and brought him back to headquarters. He was charged with fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle, and reckless driving. He also was issued a slew of summonses, including speeding, driving on slopes and shoulders, unsafe lane change, failure to signal, passing on the right, and having a single license plate.