Chase Starts In The Bronx And Crisscrosses Westchester: WCPD

YONKERS, NY — A wild police chase that extended from the Bronx to Pleasantville and then from Yorktown and Ardsley to a Yonkers neighborhood, resulted in collisions, injured officers and eventually the arrest of an attempted murder suspect, according to Westchester police officials.

The Bronx man wanted on an attempted murder charge in New York City was arrested by Westchester County Police on Wednesday, after he led officers on a chase along two parkways and onto local streets in Yonkers.

Dwayne Tucker of the Bronx is also facing additional charges in Westchester after he fled from officers who tried to stop the stolen SUV he was driving. The 27-year-old sideswiped police cruisers and a number of other cars in his attempt to escape.

One civilian and two officers suffered minor injuries.

Tucker was charged by Westchester County Police with criminal felony possession of stolen property, as well as fleeing a police officer and reckless driving. After he was booked at County Police headquarters, he was due to be turned over to the NYPD.

The incident began Wednesday shortly before 10 a.m., after the NYPD reported that Tucker fled in a black Ford Explorer as officers arrived at his home. He was being sought on a warrant charging him with attempted murder, according to NYPD officials. Tucker drove into Westchester, where Westchester County Police soon spotted the SUV on the Taconic State Parkway in Mount Pleasant.

Tucker traveled north to FDR Park in Yorktown where officers lost sight of the vehicle. The SUV then traveled south on the Taconic, where it was spotted again by County Police. Tucker then went south on the Saw Mill River Parkway, sideswiping a civilian vehicle near Lawrence Street in Ardsley and another civilian vehicle at Palmer Road in Yonkers, according to a police report.

Tucker eventually exited the parkway at Yonkers Avenue and traveled into the Nodine Hill neighborhood, where Westchester County and Yonkers officers took him into custody.

A juvenile girl was also taken into custody but later released to a family member. She was not charged.

The arrest for Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer is the second in as many days, Westchester Public Safety Commissioner Thomas A. Gleason said.

On Monday, Westchester County Police charged Michael Diaz from the Bronx with fleeing a police officer and reckless endangerment. The 32-year-old is accused of fleeing from an officer on Nov. 30 who attempted to stop him for a traffic violation on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Mount Vernon.

The officer terminated that pursuit and the case was turned over to detectives.

"Motorists who flee from the police endanger themselves, any passengers, other drivers on the road and police officers," Gleason said. "We take these incidents very seriously and will continue to investigate even in instances where we terminate a pursuit. If you run from the police, you will end up in handcuffs one way or the other."