Thruway Rock-throwing Suspect Arrested After Pursuit In Salina

A man is facing a long list of charges after police said he threw rocks and bricks on the NYS Thurway.

John W. McGinn, 43, of Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested October 16, by New York State Police following multiple incidents involving objects being thrown at moving vehicles along the New York State Thruway.

At 9:34 p.m., October 16, State Police responded multiple reports of an individual throwing objects at passing cars on I-90 in the New York towns of Brutus and Salina, before reportedly fleeing in a 2024 Chevrolet Equinox.

Troopers then said they located a vehicle matching the description and tried to stop the car on the Thruway in the town of Salina. The driver, later identified as McGinn, initially stopped but then reportedly tried to flee, driving erratically…

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