Mastic Beach man drove through yards, rammed cop car and flipped minivan in 15-mile chase, DA says

He tore through residential yards, slammed into a telephone pole and even rammed into a police car.

But 23-year-old Vladimir Alonzo just kept going in his pickup truck, leading cops on a wild and drunken 15-mile chase from Sayville to Shirley that left five vehicles wrecked and two people hurt, prosecutors said. Ultimately, the Mastic Beach man smashed the Dodge Ram 3500 into a CVS off of William Floyd Parkway, and police pulled him from the driver’s seat and arrested him, authorities said.

Alonzo was indicted this week, and pleaded not guilty on Friday, to first-degree reckless endangerment and a boatload of other charges multiple other charges stemming from the high-speed pursuit that began just after midnight on Saturday, June 27, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced.

“The defendant allegedly drove more than 100 miles per hour through residential neighborhoods, ran red lights, fleeing from law enforcement, driving through people’s yards while intoxicated, leaving two wrecked vehicles behind him and under New York’s ridiculous bail laws my prosecutors cannot ask for bail,” Tierney said. “It is a miracle, and a matter of pure luck, that no one was seriously injured or killed in this reckless 15-mile-long ordeal.”

The chase began when a Suffolk County Sheriff’s deputy tried to pull Alonzo over for allegedly driving his truck than 100 mph as he drove east on Sunrise Highway near Exit 50, Tierney detailed.

Alonzo initially pulled onto the shoulder near Exit 52, but when the deputy got out and approached the truck, Alonzo allegedly sped off again, weaving through traffic before swerving off the road at Exit 57S, striking a street sign and cutting through residential yards along the South Service Road, authorities said.

From there, Alonzo allegedly turned south onto Yaphank Avenue, ran a red light at Montauk Highway and slammed into a telephone pole. He kept going, deputies said, and when they boxed him in on Montauk Highway, he allegedly rammed one of their patrol vehicles and fled east at high speeds, forcing other drivers off the road to avoid being hit.

At the intersection of Montauk Highway and William Floyd Parkway, Alonzo allegedly ran another red light and struck a 2026 Toyota Sienna, causing the minivan to spin out and flip over. The two people inside were treated at NYU Langone-Suffolk Hospital in Patchogue for non life-threatening injuries, according to the DA’s office.

Alonzo didn’t stop there, deputies said. He allegedly continued south on William Floyd Parkway for several miles, made a U-turn through the grass median and headed back north before losing control while attempting a high-speed turn and cashing into the side of the CVS Pharmacy at Havenwood Drive East.

The truck became wedged between the building and a pillar, disabling it. This allowed deputies to pull Alonzo from the driver’s seat.

Inside the cab of the truck, police found open containers of alcohol, authorities said. Alonzo, who also was aellgedly driving with an expired license, was immediately arrested.

Alonzo faces 22 counts in all, including second-degree criminal mischief, third-degree assault, unlawful fleeing from a police officer, two counts of driving while intoxicated, and a littany of traffic infractions ranging from illegal U-turns to failing to stop at traffic signals.

A judge suspended Alonzo’s driving privileges and ordered him released under supervision. Under New York’s discovery and bail reform laws, the charges against him are bail-eligible, Tierney stressed.

Alonzo faces two and one-third to seven years in prison if convicted on the top count. He’s due back in court on Sept. 25, and is being represented by attorney Gregory Grizopoulos.

_{Top: The CVS where the Dodge Ram driver allegedly smashed into in June police chase (Google Maps Street View).}