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Ivan Gutierrez-Alcantara, 19, of Freeport, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 30, for an incident that took place around 12:30 p.m. that day in Freeport, said Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, officers observed a 2018 Ford Escape traveling on North Long Beach Road. The same vehicle, with the same New York State registration, was reported to be stolen by a village license plate reader.
The officers activated their emergency lights and conducted a stop.
As the officers approached the vehicle, Gutierrez-Alcantara complied with their commands and shut it off, according to police.
He then started the engine and fled northbound on Wallace Street, police said.
A short time later, the vehicle once again was stopped and Gutierrez-Alcantara was arrested.
Gutierrez-Alcantara was charged with:
- criminal possession of stolen property, third degree,
- criminal possession of stolen property, fourth degree,
- unauthorized use of a vehicle,
- unlawful fleeing of a police officer.
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