NY Man Arrested After Fleeing From Cops, Leaving 4 Injured: Police

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — A New York man led deputies on a chase in a stolen car in Sterling on Saturday morning, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said.

Four people received at area hospitals after the chase, authorities said.

Police identified the man as 27-year-old Justin Connor of Rochester, New York. He is charged with driving while intoxicated, maiming of another resulting from driving while intoxicated, two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer, giving false identity to law enforcement, obstructing justice, eluding, driving without a license, and larceny of a vehicle.

Connor is being held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center. His next court date is scheduled for Tuesday.

Around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, deputies were called to the Sheetz on Dulles Plaza in Sterling. Residents reported seeing two people unconscious in a car.

"Deputies approached the vehicle and viewed suspected drugs and drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle," the sheriff's office said in a report. "The driver of the vehicle regained consciousness and put the vehicle in drive, nearly striking two deputies."

Deputies chased the vehicle as the driver continued onto Shaw Road and Sterling Boulevard. He eventually started driving on the wrong side of Sterling Boulevard and crashed into multiple vehicles, the sheriff's office said. The driver was then taken into custody.

"Upon investigating, deputies discovered that the vehicle was reported stolen out of New York," the sheriff's office said. "The driver also hindered the investigation by providing false information."

Authorities reported that there was a passenger and a dog in the fleeing vehicle. The dog bit a deputy, who received treatment at an area hospital.

Anyone with more information about the chase can contact Deputy Evelin Valladares of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office at 703-777-1021.