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Wild Ride Ends in Arrest: Suffolk Police Seize Dirt Bike After Reckless Chase in Central Islip

Local News, Crime

By Published: February 08 2024

LongIsland.com

Suffolk County Police arrest a man in Central Islip after he recklessly rides a dirt bike on a public roadway, fleeing officers and subsequently being charged with multiple offenses including unlawful fleeing and drug possession.

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Suffolk County Police today arrested a man and seized a dirt bike after he was riding recklessly and fled police in Central Islip this evening.
 
Third Precinct Community Support Unit officers initiated a traffic stop on Elmer Turcios after he operated a 2008 Kawasaki 250 dirt bike northbound on Wilson Boulevard, a public roadway, which is in violation of Suffolk County Code 822-3. Turcios, fled on the dirt bike and went to his home, at 1040 Wilson Blvd., where police arrested him on the driveway at approximately 5:10 p.m.
 
Turcios, 24, was charged with Unlawful Fleeing of a Police Officer, four counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th Degree, and was issued 20 summonses in relation to his vehicle and traffic law violations.
 
The vehicle was seized and towed to the impound yard in West Hampton.
 
Turcios was issued a Desk Appearance Ticket and will be arraigned at First District Court on a later
date.