Fugitive Nabbed After Being Stopped For An Obscured Plate: Police

MAMARONECK, NY — A traffic stop for an obscured license plate led to the capture of a wanted man, according to police.

The fugitive from justice wanted in several jurisdictions was taken into custody on Friday at approximately 1:20 p.m. in Mamaroneck. A Village of Mamaroneck officer was on patrol when he spotted a vehicle stopped in the roadway on Madison Street. The vehicle had an improper license plate frame covering the plate, according to police.

A DMV check of the vehicle and driver found that the driver had his New York State driving privileges revoked, police said. The registered owner of the vehicle was identified as 43-year-old Christopher Arroyo, of Mamaroneck.

It was also learned that Arroyo was wanted out of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Carol Stream, Illinois for first-degree burglary and assault with a weapon.

The vehicle left the scene before officers could stop it.

Officers were soon alerted that the vehicle was heading back into the Village of Mamaroneck on Boston Post Road. Village of Mamaroneck police found the vehicle exiting the McDonald's parking lot located on Boston Post Road.

Arroyo was arrested and charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation.

The police departments in Nevada and Illinois told police here that they would be filing extradition charges to pick up Arroyo.

Arroyo was arraigned in village court and remanded to the Westchester County Department of Corrections on a fugitive of justice warrant.

"Alert and acute observation skills, along with utilizing 21st-century modern-day policing software, allowed Officer Reyes and his fellow officers to bring this fugitive to justice to respond for multiple serious charges in two different states," the Village Mamaroneck Police Department said in a statement announcing the arrest.