STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Manhattan man is facing a slew of felony charges, including first- and second-degree attempted murder, following a police pursuit that ended with three NYPD officers in the hospital and the defendant under arrest, police say.
Divante Pitt, 31, of the 400 block of East 30th Street, was arraigned in Richmond County Criminal Court in St. George Wednesday on various charges of criminal use of a firearm, assault, criminal possession of a weapon, possession of ammunition, reckless endangerment, unlawful fleeing of police officers and an assortment of traffic violations, according to court documents.
In the criminal complaint, police say that on Sunday, May 11, at approximately 7:30 p.m. officers in an unmarked NYPD vehicle observed a 2009 Nissan Murano run a red light in the vicinity of Forest and Union avenues while driving straight in a left turning lane…