Yonkers- Pursuit into Nyack, NY 3-23-04

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Date: 3-23-04

Time: 2347hrs

Location: NYS Thruway to TZ Bridge

Frequency: YPD

Units: Yonkers PD, NYSP, Tarrytown, Elmsford, Clarkstown

Description: Pursuit of possible armed robbery suspect.

Writer: Truck4

2310hrs- Armed robbery of Getty gas station, Tuckahoe Rd. Suspect vehicle white or gray econoline typr van occupied by two.

2340hrs- Unmarked Yonkers Detective unit following poss. suspect vehicle with possible plate match from Yonkers Motor Inn to Central Ave and onto NYS Thruway Northbound.

2342hrs- Plates on van suspended, unit requesting marked units to effect a stop.

2345hrs- Vehicle passing tollbooths at Stew Leonard Dr. NYSP notified. Yonkers units enroute.

2350hrs- Van passing Ardsley, approaching I-287 exit. Marked units attempting to catch up. NYSP still enroute.

2355hrs- Vehicle now travelling west on Rt-119 in Elmsford. YPD ESU 850 (ESU LT.) with the unmarked units as well as NYSP. Vehicle now refusing to stop. YPD ESU Truck 4 and K-9 1 northbound on Saw Mill Pkwy approaching Rt-119.

2358hrs- Vehicle now re-entering I-287 and onto the Tappan Zee Bridge. Nyack (Clarkstown) being notified on landline.

0005hrs- Vehicle travelling at slow speed over TZ Bridge. YPD, NYSP, Tarrytown pursuing. Clarkstown PD enroute to Nyack side of bridge.

0010hrs- ESU Truck 4 advising vehicle has been stopped on bridge, Nyack side on the bend.

0013hrs- ESU R/C 850 advising 10-23 (under control) w/ 1 in custody by NYSP.