The NYPD tracked down a pair of Bronx automobile thieves because of an Apple AirTag earlier than a wild caught-on-camera crash straight out of “The Fast and the Furious” that left one officer injured and a number of other vehicles broken, based on authorities.
Suspects Bria Aponte, 30, and Kenneth Canty, 33, of Barnes Avenue within the Bronx — who each have prior rap sheets — hopped in unsuspecting Ahsan Choudary’s 2013 Ford Escape round midday on Friday after he left the keys in it to run right into a grocery retailer close to the nook of Neill and Lurting avenues, the Bronx District Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned within the felony grievance.
However the automobile had vanished when he returned — so Choudary walked as much as a close-by police cruiser, reported the theft and informed the cop there was an AirTag hidden inside his automobile — setting off the dramatic high-speed chase paying homage to a high-octane film scene.
Authorities adopted the machine’s pinging till it reached the southeast nook of White Plains Highway and Pelham Parkway within the Bronx — the place cops noticed the duo driving alongside.
The officer hit the lights and tried to cease them, however Aponte allegedly floored it — even driving the flawed means down a one-way avenue in a futile try to evade police.
Aponte slammed into three completely different vehicles — a white Ford pickup, a white BMW and a Honda — then drove up onto a sidewalk, the place she smashed head-on into two marked police cruisers, the grievance mentioned.
It wasn’t the duos first run-in with the legislation both.
Aponte was arrested in December 2023 and re-arrested this April on housebreaking prices, whereas Canty was handcuffed in July for felony possession of a weapon and harassment, on-line courtroom data present.
Each had been due again in courtroom subsequent month.
The climatic finish of Friday’s encounter was caught on video, which is when Aponte and Canty acquired hung up close to a Financial institution of America, cops mentioned.
A number of officers ran after the SUV because it tried to swerve throughout site visitors throughout a chaotic scene punctuated by a wail of police sirens and cops slamming batons on the stolen automobile’s home windows to smash the glass, a video posted to social media by NYC Scoop confirmed.
“Put your hands up! On the ground!” one officer screamed, his gun drawn after the Ford lastly crawled to a halt.
On the opposite facet, cops shouted “Get out of the car! Get out of the car!” at Canty, who they grabbed, threw to the bottom and cuffed because the wrecked automobile smoked beside him, the video exhibits.
One patrolman, Andre Gonzalez of the forty ninth Precinct, tried to open the passenger door and wrestle Canty out of the automobile — however Canty slammed it closed on the cop’s hand as his alleged confederate hit the gasoline once more, the DA mentioned.
Gonzalez was later handled at a hospital within the Bronx for his accidents.
The pair additionally virtually hit one other cop, Stacey Pena, the DA mentioned.
Police slapped each suspects with a litany of prices, together with assault on a police officer, assault, grand larceny, vehicular assault and leaving the scene of an accident, authorities mentioned.
Aponte has pleaded not responsible, however her $300,000 bail has left the driving force stranded on Rikers Island, based on on-line courtroom data. She’s set to seem in courtroom on Nov. 27.
Canty additionally pleaded not responsible, and was launched on his personal recognizance. His subsequent courtroom date is Jan. 13.
