Man Who Dragged Officer Behind Car Arrested: Nassau Police

HICKSVILLE, NY — A Brooklyn man was arrested on Wednesday for dragging a police officer behind his car when he was fleeing a traffic stop last December, police said.

Police officers were in Hicksville on Dec. 9 when they saw a black Nissan Altima with Pennsylvania license plates commit multiple traffic infractions as it drove west on Old Country Road, police said.

The officers pulled the car over for a traffic stop. One officer asked for the driver's license and registration, but police say he refused to hand them over. When the officer asked for identification again, police said the driver sped off, hitting an officer in the foot and hand, and dragging him several feet.

The officer was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries. He underwent four surgeries and has been out of work since the traffic stop.

On Wednesday afternoon, police said they arrested the driver, identified as Ephrem Jusino, 40, of Brooklyn, in Deer Park.

Jusino is charged with assault to a police officer causing serious injury, leaving the scene of an incident with a serious injury, reckless driving, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and multiple traffic violations. He is scheduled to be arraigned later today in district court in Hempstead.