Suffolk police, in conjunction
with the NYPD, arrested a man for abducting a woman while she was walking in
Brentwood Wednesday night, police say.
According to police, Holmark
Garces forced a woman, who was known to him, into a 1999 Toyota Corolla as she
was walking on Grant Avenue at Studley Street at approximately 8:35 p.m. and
fled the scene.
Police say witnesses called 911
to report the incident.
Suffolk County Patrol units
located the vehicle as it was traveling eastbound on Southern State Parkway and
attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver evaded police and continued
westbound.
SCPD Aviation units assisted in
following the vehicle.
Garces continued driving
through Nassau County into Queens and then onto the Belt Parkway to Brooklyn.
Police say Garces exited the
highway in Bay Ridge where he was apprehended by NYPD 68th Precinct
officers.
Garces struck NYPD patrol units
with his vehicle, before he was taken into custody, at approximately 11 p.m.
The victim declined medical
treatment at the scene and was released.
Garces, 33, of Bay Shore, was
charged by the NYPD.
Following his arraignment, he
will be transferred to Suffolk County, where he will be charged with kidnapping
and criminal contempt.