Bronx suspect in NYPD cop assault nabbed in wild Connecticut police chase
A Bronx man suspected of assaulting an off-duty NYPD officer and a Bronx woman who was with him as he fled were arrested in Connecticut following a wild police chase that left a state trooper injured and multiple vehicles damaged.
At approximately 2:18 p.m. Wednesday, Connecticut State Police were alerted that Jonser Hernandez-Mota was traveling toward to Connecticut on Interstate 95 in a black BMW X3.
The 27-year-old suspect was wanted for assaulting and robbing a New York City police officer and participating in another strong-armed robbery earlier that day. A trooper spotted the BMW traveling the wrong way down an exit ramp in Stamford and attempted to make a traffic stop.
'The operator failed to stop and engaged Troopers in a pursuit,' Connecticut State Police said in a media release Thursday. 'During the pursuit, a State Police Cruiser and other vehicles were struck resulting in non-life-threatening injuries.'
The BMW continued to elude law enforcement before crashing into a wooded area, after which witnesses told police they saw a man and woman fleeing the vehicle on foot.
Local police pursued on foot and eventually caught Hernandez-Mota and Betsy Bermudez, also 27. They were taken into custody and booked by Connecticut State Police in Bridgeport.
Bermudez has been charged with interfering with an officer and reckless pedestrian use of a highway. She was released on $10,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at Stamford Superior Court on July 16.
Hernandez-Mota, meanwhile, faces 16 different charges in Connecticut, including reckless endangerment, engaging police in pursuit and operating a motor vehicle without a license. Cops also said he has 'multiple warrants in five different states, including several fully-extraditable warrants.'
Hernandez-Mota was being held on a held on a $150,000 bond and is expected to face justice after being released from a Connecticut hospital, where he's being treated for undisclosed injuries, according to the Stamford Advocate. A photo release by state troopers show the suspect conscious and shirtless in a hospital bed.
No information about the NYPD officer Hernandez-Mota is accused of robbing had been provided as of Thursday.
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