Farmingville man busted after three cops injured in wild chase, crash

A Farmingville man slammed into a police car and tore off in a chase that left three Suffolk County cops injured before he was caught, authorities said on Friday.

Detectives were outside the man’s home Thursday to investigate a firearms case when he fled the home and hopped into a white SUV, police said. An unmarked police vehicle tried to stop him, but he allegedly slammed into a cop car and sped off.

The suspect was pursued by both an unmarked 2020 Ford SUV and a marked police car. The unmarked vehicle lost control as it exited Patchogue-Holbrook Road onto Nicolls Road and smashed into a tree, injuring the driver and another officer inside.

The chase ended when the suspect pulled over on eastbound Sunrise Highway and was arrested.

The suspect faces a bevy of charges: second-degree assault on a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and unlawful fleeing a police officer.

The three injured officers — two from the unmarked vehicle and the officer in the struck police car—were treated at local hospitals and released.

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