Three men with cut-off catalytic converters and sawzall blades in their car fled police after crashing their vehicle on Lakeville Road in New Hyde Park on Wednesday, Aug. 23, police said.
Police observed a white BMW sedan at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday on New Hyde Park Road with non-transparent tinted windows and turned on their emergency lights to pull the vehicle over.
The sedan fled from officers before losing control and crashing into a tree across from McNulty Outdoors at 99 Lakeville Road, police said.
After three men fled the sedan, Allan Suero, 21, of the Bronx and Fabian Castro, 20, of Texas were detained by police while a third suspect is still outstanding, police said.
During an investigation, police said they found sawzall blades, used and cut-off catalytic converters in the BMW sedan.
Suero and Castro were both charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree while Suero was also charged with criminal trespass in the third degree.
