An East Meadow man was in jail today after leading police through three counties that ended when his car crashed into a police cruiser, injuring two troopers. He was driving his ex-girlfriend's parent's car without permission, police said. No one was seriously injured, police said.
At one point the suspect was driving 110 mph the wrong way on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, police said. Oscar Jacobs, 23, was arrested on felony charges of assault, criminal mischief and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He now faces other charges in Rockland including speeding and reckless endangerment, police said.
Troopers tried to stop Jacobs' car for speeding on the northbound Palisades on Sunday morning. Jacobs continued driving north, entering the Bear Mountain State Park. He then turned back onto the Palisades, driving north in the southbound lanes, police said. Jacobs then drove across the Bear Mountain Bridge into Cortlandt and then north into Garrison where he crossed the lawn of a private home and crashed into the side of a state police cruiser.
Jacobs was charged with first-degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, second-degree assault, and three counts of criminal mischief.
Jacobs was being held on $25,000 bail in Putnam County jail in Carmel and is due in Philipstown Town Court on Oct. 13.
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Westchester County Criminal Defense Attorney Robert Schuster has handled literally thousands of New York State Vehicle and Traffic Misdemeanors and Violations since 1995. Some of the more serious of these include Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, (which also can be charged as a Felony), Reckless driving, and Operating with a Suspended Registration. These offenses, of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic law, particularly Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, carry with them the possibility of incarceration, heavy fines, and long term impact on insurance, which often results in thousands of dollars of economic loss.
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