Crime & Safety
Suspect In Attempted Murder Of Sheriff's Deputy Extradited To Harford County
The suspect wanted for the attempted 2nd-degree murder of a Harford Co. sheriff's deputy has been extradited to MD where he awaits trial.
HARFORD COUNTY, MD ? On Friday, Juan Yahir Quiroz Manzueta was processed into the Harford County Detention Center after law enforcement tracked him to his home state of New York where he fought being extradited to Maryland.
Manzueta of Yonkers, New York, was behind the wheel of a Penske truck that held a container of cooking oil linked to a theft at an Applebee's in Aberdeen fled, Patch reported previously. Manzueta, who was 21 at the time, deliberately swerved at Lieutenant Robert Burgess on Aug. 26 around 11:25 a.m. Burgess had attempted to stop the truck after Manzueta eluded police in a chase the day before.
Mazueta intentionally crashed into a tractor-trailer and another vehicle on I-95 before hitting Burgess who was outside his vehicle trying to deploy devices to puncture the truck's tires and stop it. He was thrown approximately 65 feet across lanes of traffic. Burgess was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore in critical condition, Patch reported previously.
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Burgess spent 11 days at Shock Trauma. He suffered a broken arm, dislocated shoulder, 17 broken ribs, a laceration above his eye and on the back of his head, and a semi-collapsed right lung, according to CBS News.
Manzueta eluded authorities on foot and called a woman in New York who drove to the Delaware travel plaza to pick him up. A multi-state manhunt led to Manzueta being identified and tracked to an apartment in New Rochelle, New York. A smashed cell phone found in the truck and GPS tracking information from Penske helped police identify his whereabouts.
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In coordination with law enforcement partners in New York, Manzueta was taken into custody on multiple charges, including first- and second-degree assault and attempted second-degree murder, the Harford County Sheriff's Office announced.
Manzueta declined to waive extradition. After several weeks of legal proceedings, he was returned to Maryland to be tried on the charges filed against him.
As of Nov. 7, Manzueta remains held without bail in the Harford County Detention Center.
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