Stuart
NEW YORK – Four days after Joshua Stuart, 42, had a gunfight with
New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police in the Town
of Wawarsing, he is in police custody in New York City.
Stuart was at Ellenville Regional Hospital early last Friday morning and
initial reports said he fired a weapon outside the facility.
He later fled in a car, which was found abandoned, but when DEP Police
located him in the Wawarsing woods, he opened fire on them; they fired
back. No one was reported injured.
Stuart disappeared from the area but was later spotted in Brooklyn and
on Monday morning, he is believed to have committed an armed robbery and
fled in a stolen car.
Following a dragnet by NYPD and State Police, investigators reported Monday
evening that he was captured and in police custody.
