Crime & Safety
2 Suffolk Cops Hurt After Crash With Stolen Car Driven by Teen: Police
The 18-year-old is charged with criminal possession of stolen property, police say.
PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY - Two Suffolk County Police officers suffered minor injuries after their car collided with a stolen vehicle driven by a teenager in Port Jefferson Station Tuesday afternoon, police said.
According to police, First Squad detectives were conducting a stolen vehicle investigation in the Jefferson Plaza shopping center parking lot, located at 518 Route 112 around 4:04 p.m., when they were involved in a minor crash with a stolen vehicle.
The driver, Andrew Schneider, 18, was arrested and charged with third degree criminal possession of stolen property.
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The two male detectives were treated and released from St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson. Schneider was uninjured. The investigation is continuing, police said.
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