Two people were busted on Long Island after allegedly leading cops on a wild chase in a stolen car that was chock-full of drugs – including fentanyl, heroin and cocaine, police said Monday.
Molly Louise Dutrow, 29, of Glen Head, and Randall Hutchinson, 25, of Oyster Bay Cove, were busted around 3 p.m. Friday following the pursuit in which the pair almost struck one officer – prompting him to shoot at their vehicle, Suffolk County Police said.
Officers launched the chase after they received a notification from a stationary license plate reader indicating that a stolen 2020 Mazda CX5 was heading east on Northern Boulevard, authorities said.
After tracking the car to Pine Hollow Road in East Norwich, cops attempted to stop it at Whitney Avenue, but Dutrow – who was behind the wheel – drove up over a curb to get away, police said.
Cops kept on the suspects’ tail and tried to stop the car again at Pine Hollow Road near Pine Drive in Oyster Bay, authorities said.
But Dutrow allegedly drove off, heading straight toward oncoming traffic, cops said.
Then, she “abruptly accelerated” toward one of the officers – prompting the cop to fire a single round from his service weapon, injuring no one but striking the driver’s side of the Mazda, police said.
Dutrow finally stopped the car, and both she and Hutchinson were arrested, police said.
An assortment of drugs believed to be cocaine, fentanyl, crack, and heroin were found in the car, along with alprazolam, which is commonly sold under the brand name Xanax and the narcotic-addiction treatment medications Suboxone and Buprenorphine Naloxone, cops said.
Cops also found a scale and other drug paraphernalia in the vehicle, authorities said.
Dutrow was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, and unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle, cops said.
Hutchinson faces raps for unauthorized use of a vehicle and multiple counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance.
The Muttontown and Upper Brookville Police Department handled the arrests.