Northport Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Carjacking That Critically Injured Cop

The accomplice of the Northport carjacker who was recently sentenced to prison for critically injuring a Suffolk County cop with a stolen vehicle pleaded guilty to his charges on Tuesday, authorities said.

Nicholas Franzone, 23, of Northport, pleaded guilty to robbery, criminal possession of stolen property, unauthorized use of a vehicle, petty larceny and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle during a court conference in Central Islip.

Franzone will be sentenced to three and one-half years in state prison on Wednesday, Sept. 9 by State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho.

Convicted carjacker Chad Morizsan was the driver of the 2014 Ford Explorer that struck officer Nicholas Guerrero, who had initiated a traffic stop with fellow Second Precinct Crime Section officer Heriberto Lugo in Huntington in September 2014, police said.

Morizsan and Franzone, who was a passenger in the Explorer, were arrested at the Central Islip Target store hours later when they attempted to buy a television with a stolen credit card, police said.

Morizsan was sentenced to 25 years in prison in July.