Darren Marcisak
By Katelyn Cordero
Last Wednesday morning Officer Ricardo Rivera initiated what he thought would be a routine traffic stop on Carson and Lander Street. The stop resulted in a high speed chase down Water Street onto Route 9W through the Town of Newburgh and the Town of Marlboro.
According to Detective Lt Joseph Burns, the car crashed into another police car on Bingham Road, where the driver, Darren Marcisak, of the Town of New Paltz, fled on foot.
Marcisak has a lengthy record, with a warrant for driving under the influence of drugs. He was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital for treatment and evaluation.
The long list of charges include 1st-degree reckless endangerment, two counts of 2nd-degree assault, 3rd-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, failure to comply, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, a felony for driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest, 1st-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and a number of moving violation traffic tickets.
According to Burns several officers were sent to St Luke’s Cornwall Hospital to be treated with minor injuries. The City of Newburgh Police Department was assisted by the Town of Newburgh Police, The Town of Marlboro Police, The New York State Police and members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force.