Two Bronx men accused in a series of Suffolk County catalytic converter thefts face multiple charges after leading officers on a high\u2011speed chase early Saturday, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Investigators say Henry Cruz and Luis Acosta stole several catalytic converters in Lindenhurst before evading attempts by police to pull them over. Officers pursued their SUV onto the Southern State Parkway.<\/p>\n
Police deployed stop sticks, flattening the vehicle\u2019s tires. Cruz and Acosta then ran from the scene and were taken into custody after a chase through nearby woods, officials said.<\/p>\n
One officer suffered a broken bone while pursuing the suspects and is expected to undergo emergency surgery, according to police.<\/p>\n
Cruz and Acosta are charged with assault on an officer, auto stripping, criminal mischief and resisting arrest. The Suffolk County District Attorney\u2019s Office is also investigating whether they are connected to additional catalytic converter thefts in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Bronx men accused in a series of Suffolk County catalytic converter thefts face multiple charges after leading…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,64807,1727,9,24,63,1726,773,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-156850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-catalytic-converters","10":"tag-chase","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-police-chase","15":"tag-suffolk-county","16":"tag-the-bronx","17":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","18":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}