Police Impound BMW in Shirley After Reckless Fleeing from Hauppauge Car Meet
Suffolk County Police last night impounded a vehicle in Shirley that was wanted for unlawful fleeing from a car meet that occurred on Saturday night, March 15 in Hauppauge.
Members of the Street Takeover Task Force attempted to pull over a 2015 BMW M3 as it fled from the car meet in a reckless manner at approximately 9 p.m. The driver of the BMW turned off the vehicle’s lights and accelerated through multiple traffic signals while evading police.
An officer from the Task Force located the vehicle travelling northbound on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley and successfully pulled it over on Sunday, March 16 at 11:15 p.m.
The driver, Clyde Jean Baptiste, 23, of Mastic Beach was issued multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law citations and the vehicle was impounded as evidence of Unlawful Fleeing from the previous night’s incident.
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