A 21-year-old man who was arrested in New York a day after seriously injuring a veteran sheriff’s deputy in Maryland during a wild chase has been brought back to the state to face charges, authorities announced.
Yonkers resident Juan Yahir Quiroz Manzueta has been identified and arrested as the driver of a Penske box truck that struck and critically injured Lt. Rob Burgess, a 29-year member of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office assigned to the Community Policing Division on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office, Quiroz Manzueta was extradited from New York back to Maryland, where he was charged by a grand jury with:
- Attempted first-degree murder;
- Second-degree burglary;
- Hit-and-run causing serious bodily injury;
- “Various related offenses in connection with the incident.”
He was indicted on Wednesday, Nov. 12…