2 Arrested After Fleeing Police in Stolen Car, Crashing: Cops

ROCKY POINT, NY – A man and a woman were arrested after they fled police in a stolen car and then crashed into another car in Rocky Point Friday evening, police said.

According to Suffolk Police, Seventh Precinct officers responded to Estate Court in Sound Beach after a 911 caller reported a suspicious vehicle parked in the street at approximately 5:11 p.m.

When officers arrived, the car, a 2006 Hyundai Elantra driven by 22-year-old Adam Berry, fled the scene, police said. The Hyundai, which had been reported stolen on June 28, drove south on Westchester Drive, then east on Route 25A before crashing into a 2015 Honda sedan at Fairway Drive in Rocky Point at 5:40 p.m.

Berry, who is homeless, was transported to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson with minor injuries. The driver of the Honda, a 29-year-old woman, was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with minor injuries. A passenger in the Hyundai, 28-year-old Veronica Johnson, was not injured.

Berry was charged with fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property, second degree reckless endangerment and third degree fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle. He was held overnight at the Seventh Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday.

Johnson, of Ronkonkoma, was charged with loitering and unlawful use of a controlled substance. She is scheduled to be arraigned at a later date.