Arrest in Wrong-Way Crash on Verrazano; Two Police Officers Injured
Cops arrested a 47-year-old man on multiple charges following a vehicle pursuit that involved the alleged perp driving against traffic on the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
According to the police, the alleged perp faces a laundry list of charges including possession of drugs and assault on a police officer.
Authorities say that on Monday, August 27 at around 5:07 p.m., the suspect, Staten Island resident Peter Guarneri, was driving a 1999 Ford Econoline van which was allegedly stolen in the wrong direction in the upper-level, Staten Island-bound lanes when he crashed into an unmarked NYPD car, injuring two police officers that were inside.