2 men arrested after striking officers in Huntington

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Police: Chad Morizsan, Nicholas Franzone in Custody After Striking Officers in Huntington

HUNTINGTON - A Suffolk police officer remains in critical condition this morning after a hit-and-run in Huntington.

Authorities say Second Precinct Crime Section Officers Nicholas Guerrero and Officer Heriberto Lugo pulled a driver over during a routine traffic stop around 1:30 p.m. on Partridge Lane in Huntington.

Police say Chad Morizsan, 34, is the driver who police say hit the two officers and then sped away.

Officer Guerrero, 36, suffered serious head trauma and was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital.

Officer Lugo suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. He has since been released.

According to police, Morizsan was wanted for violating his probation. The Ford Explorer he was driving was also allegedly stolen.

Police say after the hit and run, Morizsan and his passenger 22-year-old Nicholas Franzone carjacked a woman in Commack. The duo changed cars while trying to get away.

Investigators say they found both men inside a Target in Central Islip.

Both men are being arraigned today on a long list of charges.

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Hope for a speedy recovery

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Get well Brother

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Prayers For A Speedy Recovery

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newsday

Northport men arrested in traffic stop that critically injured Suffolk Police Officer Nicholas Guerrero

www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/chad-morizsan-nicholas-franzone-fled-traffic-stop-that-critically-injured-officer-cops-say-1.9382869 video

Two suspects have been arrested after a traffic stop resulted in the critical injury of a police officer Monday in Huntington, Suffolk County police said.

Chad Morizsan, 34, of 1 Ridings Gate, Northport, has been identified as the driver of the vehicle that struck and critically injured Second Precinct Crime Section Police Officer Nicholas Guerrero, police said.

Guerrero, 36, was in critical but stable condition in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit at Stony Brook University Hospital on Tuesday, police said. His partner, Heriberto Lugo, was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.

Nicholas Franzone, 22, also of 1 Ridings Gate, a passenger in Morizsan's vehicle, has also been arrested, police said.

Arraigned on multiple charges Tuesday morning in First District Court in Central Islip, Morizsan was ordered held on bail of $3 million cash or $30 million bond. Franzone was jailed on bail of $150,000 cash or $450,000 bond. Both are due back in court Friday.

The two officers from the Second Precinct Crime Section -- in plainclothes, but wearing police vests and displaying their police shields -- pulled the car over about 1:30 p.m. Monday on Partridge Lane to execute an arrest warrant, Det. Lt. Edward Reilly, commanding officer of the Special Investigations Unit of the Suffolk County Police Department, said at a news conference Monday.

"The suspect fled in his car at a very high rate of speed, striking both officers," Reilly said.

A short time later, the fleeing vehicle hit another vehicle in the Huntington area, before continuing on to Commack, where the suspects hijacked a woman's car on Dovecote Lane, according to a release issued Monday night.

The police officer run down by the fleeing car suffered a "very serious head injury" Monday, police said.

"He's in our prayers," Reilly said of Guerrero at a news conference at the Partridge Lane scene. "He's very seriously injured."

Police said Morizsan and Franzone were arrested Monday at a Target store in Central Islip after a manhunt for the suspects.

Police said Morizsan is charged with third-degree grand larceny in the theft of a 2014 Ford Explorer from the Commack area on Sept. 20, 2014. Police said Morizsan was driving the Explorer when he struck Officer Guerrero. He is also charged with assault on a police officer, leaving the scene of an incident that resulted in serious physical injury, petty larceny in the theft of gasoline, leaving the scene of an incident involving property damage, and second-degree robbery and unauthorized use of a vehicle in a carjacking after fleeing the accident scene. Police said Morizsan was also arrested on three open warrants for probation violation and petty larceny.

Police said Franzone is charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the carjacking incident.

Guerrero, who police said has been with the department four years, was airlifted from a nearby park to Stony Brook University Hospital and was being monitored in the hospital's Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit.

Police Commissioner Edward Webber in a statement late Monday night called Guerrero "a very hardworking member" of the department. He said Guerrero joined the department in 2010 and was assigned to the Second Precinct Crime Section because of his "excellent interviewing skills, investigative abilities and strong ability to interact with the public.

"He is a true professional," Webber said. "Our thoughts are with him and his family and we pray for his full recovery."

Lugo was also taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was treated and released, police said. The Vehicular Crime Unit is also investigating, and police are asking any witnesses at the different scenes to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS.

Police said Tuesday "it is anticipated that further charges will be forthcoming," as the investigation by police and the district attorney's office continues.

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newsday

Cops: Officer Nicholas Guerrero in Medically Induced Coma After Being Hit by Fleeing Suspect


Police Officer Nicholas Guerrero was injured in a hit-and-run crash on Sept. 22, 2014 and remains in critical but stable condition.

A Suffolk officer was in a medically induced coma yesterday -- four days after being hit by a fleeing vehicle in Huntington, police said.

Nicholas Guerrero, 36, who suffered a serious head injury, underwent surgery three days ago. He was in stable condition Friday night at Stony Brook University Hospital's Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, according to police.

Guerrero and his Second Precinct partner, Heriberto Lugo, were in plainclothes but wearing police vests and shields when they pulled over a 2014 Ford Explorer at about 1:30 p.m. Monday on Partridge Lane, police said.

The driver, Chad Morizsan, 34, suddenly drove off at a high rate of speed, striking Guerrero and Lugo, who was later treated and released, authorities said.

Morizsan and his passenger, Nicholas Franzone, 22, were arrested later that day when they stopped to buy a television with a stolen credit card at a Target in Central Islip, according to authorities.

Authorities first said the plainclothes officers stopped the Explorer because Morizsan had an outstanding warrant, then changed that to say the vehicle was pulled over because it was stolen. Information on the warrant hasn't been released.

Morizsan and Franzone, who both gave a home address of 1 Ridings Gate in East Northport, were arraigned Tuesday in First District Court in Central Islip as more than 100 officers looked on.

Morizsan was charged with assault on a police officer, leaving the scene of a serious injury incident and other offenses. Franzone was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Morizsan was ordered held on bail of more than $3 million; Franzone's bail was set at $150,000 cash.

Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota said earlier this week that upgraded charges were expected.

Ian Fitzgerald, Franzone's court-appointed attorney, said a grand jury indicted his client and Morizsan Friday.

Fitzgerald and a spokesman for Spota's office said they didn't know the charges contained in the indictment. Morizsan's attorney could not be reached.

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Get well soon Brother

[tywebb]

Christ --- It's open season on cops... And we get lambasted for the smallest use of force in any situation. Yet, we're expected to get injured and just take it. I really despise the pussification of America...

God speed on a full recovery PO Guerrero...

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Sept 27, 2014 14:45:14 GMT -5 tywebb said:

Christ --- It's open season on cops... And we get lambasted for the smallest use of force in any situation. Yet, we're expected to get injured and just take it. I really despise the pussification of America...

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I hope everything works out well for PO Guerrero.