Suffolk County Police have announced that a Bay Shore man arrested on Tuesday, May 6 for stabbing a police officer in Amity Harbor has been hit with multiple additional charges following the results of an investigation.
First Precinct officers responded to Gibbs Road at 12:26 a.m. after a 911 caller reported men attempting to steal items from vehicles. When officers arrived, they arrested Marcello Martinez at the corner of East Gibbs Road and Western Concourse while a second man fled.
A short time later, officers located Steven Vazquez hiding under a vehicle in front of 11 Gibbs Road. While attempting to flee from under the vehicle, Vazquez stabbed an officer in the upper right thigh and slashed him in the face.
A tourniquet was applied to the officer’s leg and he was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and released.
Vazquez, 22, of 1420 Ackerson Blvd., Bay Shore, was charged with Assault 2nd Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th Degree, Resisting Arrest, Menacing a Police Officer, and Grand Larceny 4th Degree. Martinez, 19, of 72 Greenwood Dr., North Babylon, was charged with Possession of Burglar’s Tools and Criminal Possession of Stolen Property 5th Degree.
Following an investigation by First Precinct Crime Section officers, Steven Vazquez was charged with 10 incidents involving damage to vehicles that occurred during the past month.
Vazquez was charged with 10 counts of Criminal Mischief 4th Degree and six counts of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle for incidents in East Farmingdale and Copiague between April 18 and May 2.
A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.