A Lengthy Island man with a number of arrests on his file who had beforehand been deported is dealing with new costs for allegedly driving drunk via an space residence earlier than driving onto a neighbor’s property and trying to flee on foot, police mentioned.
In Nassau County, police mentioned that Blas Flores-Velasquez, age 42, of Brentwood, was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck at roughly 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, Could 12 when he crashed into the house occupied by three individuals in Westbury.
Police mentioned that after driving via the Cypress Lane residence, Flores-Velasquez proceeded to advance onto a neighboring property earlier than trying unsuccessfully to flee on foot.
Based on a Nassau County Police Division spokesperson, officers attended to the residents of the house – who have been unhurt – and arrange a fringe within the space as they sought to apprehend Flores-Velasquez.
With an help from a police K9 unit, officers have been in a position to monitor down Flores-Velasquez, police mentioned, who was hiding in a wooded space close to the Wantagh Parkway in Westbury.
Officers famous that Flores-Velasquez has 4 prior arrests between 1996 and 1998, and he was deported from the US in June 2000 earlier than returning to dwell in Brentwood as an undocumented particular person.
Flores-Velasquez was arrested with out additional incident and charged with:
- Driving whereas intoxicated;
- Leaving the scene of an accident with property harm;
- Working a motorized vehicle as an unlicensed driver.
He was scheduled to be arraigned in a while Could 12 at First District Court docket in Hempstead.
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