Wanted: Jamesport Man Set House on Fire, Ran Over Cop in Brentwood, Police Say

Suffolk police are seeking the public’s help to locate a Jamesport man who authorities say burglarized and set fire to a residence during a domestic incident in Brentwood and then struck a police officer with a vehicle in Brentwood early Christmas morning.

Police say Manuel DeLeon Cuellar, 24, broke into his girlfriend’s apartment on Westwood Drive at about 2 a.m., assaulted her and set fire to the apartment.

As Cuellar fled the scene, he struck a responding Third Precinct police officer with a Chevrolet pickup truck, police said.

Cuellar then crashed the pickup truck a short distance away and fled on foot, police said.

Both Cuellar’s girlfriend and the officer were treated for non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Cuellar is described as Hispanic, about 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds with brown eyes, black hair and a beard.

He was last seen wearing a black jacket and white checkered shirt. Cuellar may be armed with a knife, police said.

Both Cuellar’s girlfriend and the police officer were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on Cuellar’s location to call 911, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS or the Third Squad at 631-854-8352.

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