Crime & Safety
Man Speeds Away During Washington Heights Traffic Stop: VIDEO
The 24-year-old sped off down a busy Washington Heights street in a 2015 white BMW sedan, police said.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The NYPD is trying to track down a man who sped away from cops during a traffic stop on a busy Washington Heights street, police said.
Police officers stopped 24-year-old Euclides Abreuurena on Sunday afternoon after observing him swerving in and out of traffic near West 179th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue, police said. Abreuurena stopped for police and handed his license over, but sped off as soon as police went to review the document, police said.
Officers pursued Abreuurena's 2015 white BMW sedan, but were unable to catch him, police said.
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Nobody was hurt when Abreuurena sped down the busy stretch of West 179th Street, police said.
Abreuurena is described as standing 5-foot-6 with short cropped hair. He was last seen wearing a white shirt. Police released Abreuurena's drivers license photo (seen above).
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A video of the traffic stop was posted to social media:
BREAKING VIDEO: Euclidean Abreuurena, 24 years old flees from NYPD after being stopped for recklessly swerving in and out of traffic, if you know where he is hiding call the NYPD. #YourCityYourCall pic.twitter.com/SAqVD2op1W
— New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) January 23, 2018
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Photo by NYPD
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