Westchester Cops Stop Stolen Car, Find Man Wanted Upstate

MOUNT PLEASANT, NY — Westchester County Police arrested a Bronx man on Tuesday after stopping a reported stolen car on the Saw Mill River Parkway. A check of his identity revealed he was wanted on six outstanding arrest warrants upstate, police said.

At 11:22 a.m., the Real Time Crime Center at County Police headquarters broadcast an alert that a stolen 2009 Kia Spectra was traveling southbound on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Bedford. The Kia had been reported stolen in Syracuse on Jan. 6.

A patrol sergeant located the vehicle at Marble Avenue in Mount Pleasant and he and other officers stopped it at Route 141 and the Sprain Brook Parkway. The driver and a female passenger were taken into custody. The passenger was subsequently released without charges.

The driver was identified as Keyshawn Adams, 20. He was charged by Westchester County Police with Criminal Possession of Stolen Property 5th Degree, a felony, and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 3rd Degree, a misdemeanor.

While he was being booked at County Police headquarters in Hawthorne, officers determined that Adams was wanted on warrants lodged by the DeWitt Police Department, Clay Police Department and the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department. Those warrants charge Adams with the following offenses: Criminal Possession of Stolen property 4th Degree, a felony; Assault 3rd Degree, Menacing 2nd Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th Degree, and Aggravated Harassment 2nd Degree, misdemeanors.

He was held overnight for arraignment in Mount Pleasant Town Court on the Westchester charges. Following arraignment, he was released to the custody of officers from the DeWitt Police Department to be returned to Onondaga County.