UPDATE: Police Identify Suspects Arrested in Seaford After Police Pursuit

Two men wanted for stealing batteries from a Bellmore Rite Aid were apprehended by police Friday morning on Merrick Road in Seaford.

According to police detectives, Edward Danzinger,47, and Boris Jairala, 32, were taken into custody at the corner of Merrick Road and Pine Street after fleeing the scene of the alleged robbery in a 2001 green Kia.

Danzinger and Jairala, who are both Brooklyn residents, are accused by police of allegedly stealing $975 worth of Duracell batteries. According to police, they were allegedly in the process of the robbery at the Rite Aid when an employee saw them and fled when she said she was calling police.

The Seventh Precinct was dispatched to the scene. According to police, one of the officers saw the vehicle flee the scene, but the vehicle drove past him as he attempted to stop it. Danzinger and Jairala then allegedly led police on a chase, running stop signs and side-swiping a car.

The chase stopped when Danzinger, who was driving the vehicle, crashed into a car stopped at a red light in the right lane of Merrick Road at Beech Street, according to police. Jairala attempted to flee but was apprehended by police. Police allege that Danzinger resisted arrest at the scene of the accident before he was also placed into custody.

The arrests were made just in front of Grand Car Care on Merrick Road. The owner of the auto shop, Mark Hewitt, described quite a chaotic scene that ensued in front of his business.

"A cop was chasing one man with his gun drawn," Hewitt said. "There were a lot of cops chasing him."

Danzinger and Jairala are both charged with second-degree robbery, while Danziger is also charged with second-degree resisting arrest. Both will be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Saturday.