Police: Long Island Traffic Stop Ends In Crash, Heroin Arrests
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A Long Island driver and his passenger were arrested for heroin possession after attempting to flee from a traffic stop, Nassau County police said.
Officers tried to pull over Shamiek Porter, of Farmingdale, in Massapequa Thursday morning.
Porter fled, driving over a sidewalk and across a front lawn, striking a brick wall, basketball hoop, mail box and two parked cars before coming to a stop, police said.
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Porter was caught with 20 glassine envelopes of heroin and thousands of dollars, police said. A passenger, Lindsey Wild of Lindenhurst, allegedly had over 50 glassine envelopes of heroin.
"That's a lot at the street level, so how many they had to begin with and how many they were able to distribute before we were able to apprehend them is unknown. But with over $4,000 in cash on them, we believe they had quite a quantity to begin with," Nassau County Police Chief Kevin Smith told WCBS 880's Sophia Hall.
They were charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.
No injuries were reported.
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