Nassau Man Stole Car, Kidnapped Woman, Led Officers On Chase: PD

BALDWIN, NY — A Baldwin man was arrested early Thursday morning after Nassau County police say he stole a car, kidnapped a woman and led officers on a chase.

According to police, Mohammed Negadi, 29, of Jefferson Place, was in the car with two women he knew when they got into an argument just before 2 a.m. Police say the woman driving stopped the car and all three got out and started to struggle over a phone. Negadi then jumped into the driver's seat of the car, police said, and began to drive away with one of the women, who is 44, in the back seat. The other woman, 47, called 911 to report her car being stolen.

Police say Negadi fled the scene. Police tried to pull him over, but he refused to stop, even while the woman was screaming for help through an open window in the car, police said. While he was fleeing, police say Negadi continuously threatened to kill the woman in the car.

He kept driving into Freeport, police said, and eventually hit a tree on South Ocean Avenue. Negadi then got out of the car and fled on foot, police said, was but arrested after a short chase.

Negadi is charged with third-degree robbery, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle, reckless driving, second-degree reckless endangerment, third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle, fourth-degree criminal mischief, driving while intoxicated, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and multiple vehicle and traffic law violations. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday.