3 Arrests Made After Stolen Car Chase In Rye: PD

RYE, NY — Three people were arrested Tuesday after a stolen vehicle report ended with a chase into a marsh and a manhunt for one of the people in the vehicle, police said.

Per Rye police, the call for the stolen vehicle came in at 8:35 a.m. with reports that the vehicle had been taken off of Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. After police located the car, it did not stop but kept going onto Old Post Road, then drove off into a marshy area near the St. Regis residences and Playland Access Drive where it became disabled, police said.

Two men and two women got out of the car and ran off, police said. Police caught the two women near the disabled car and found one of the men a short time after between the Summit Heath and Osborn Retirement Community property lines, police said.

The second man, however, remained at large, prompting police to form a perimeter around the area with help from Rye Brook, Port Chester, Harrison, Village of Mamaroneck and Larchmont police departments, as well as Westchester County PD and an FBI Safe Streets Task Force, police said. In efforts to search within the perimeter, police said K-9 units, helicopter and drone support were all deployed.

A county police bloodhound was able to track and find the fourth man, police said.

The driver of the stolen car has been identified as 24-year-old Bronx resident Jamar Smith, who is now facing charges of third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, third-degree criminal mischief, obstructing governmental administration, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, police said. Additional charges against Smith, police said, are pending.

Also identified as passengers in the car were 21-year-old Bronx resident Kennedie Brown and 25-year-old Brooklynite Tyvaughn Holmes, both of whom were released on appearance tickets with a charge of obstructing governmental administration, police said. Finally, a minor was identified as the fourth person in the car and released to a family member without any charges, police said.