Westchester police seize loaded gun, recover stolen car

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HAWTHORNE – Westchester County Police arrested two men and recovered a stolen car and a loaded 9 mm handgun Wednesday after the suspects fled from police in an effort to elude capture.

The Real Time Crime Center at County Police headquarters broadcast an alert that a stolen vehicle was traveling northbound on Interstate 684. State Police located the vehicle and attempted to stop it but the driver failed to comply. The County Police Aviation Unit helicopter and a County Police officer joined the State Police in following the vehicle on to Interstate 84 and terminated the pursuit when the vehicle entered Connecticut.

A short time later, County Police located the vehicle traveling southbound on I-684 and again attempted a traffic stop with state troopers. The driver continued south on I-684 and on to the Hutchinson River Parkway, where the vehicle crashed near the Interstate 287 interchange in Harrison. Both men jumped out of the car and ran off, but were apprehended after a foot pursuit.

Angel Vasquez, 18, and Saevian Watts, 20, both of Suffolk County, were booked at County Police headquarters in Hawthorne on charges of criminal possession of stolen property and criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies; and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. Vazquez, the driver, was also charged with unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, as a misdemeanor.




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