Motorcyclist Arrested After Fleeing Police on LIE: Cops

CORAM, NY – A motorcyclist was arrested after fleeing police on the Long Island Expressway Thursday night, Suffolk Police said.

According to police, a Highway Patrol officer responded to a 911 report of motorcycles operating recklessly eastbound on the LIE near Exit 60 at about 11 p.m. When the officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop of a 2006 Yamaha motorcycle, the motorcyclist, 31-year-old Manny Fernandez, failed to stop, took Exit 65, reversed direction and headed westbound on the LIE, police said.

The motorcycle left the expressway at Exit 63, heading northbound on North Ocean Avenue. Fernandez stopped the motorcycle in the vicinity of 451 Route 25 in Coram and fled on foot, police said.

Canine Section officers located Fernandez in a nearby wooded area and recovered a loaded handgun that had been reported stolen in Alabama, police said. Fernandez was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

Fernandez, of Patchogue, was charged with second degree criminal possession of a weapon, third degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property, reckless driving and second degree aggravated unlicensed operation.

He was also issued 12 summonses for various traffic violations. Fernandez was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip Friday.