A Port Washington teenager is now facing attempted murder charges after what prosecutors say was one of the more chaotic afternoons Nassau County police have seen in a while. The 15-year-old, whose name is not being released due to his age, allegedly took his mother’s Jeep without permission and set off a chain of events that involved multiple stolen vehicles, a dead-end street, a Ring doorbell camera catching the whole mess on video, and a police officer narrowly dodging a car aimed directly at him.
It started Wednesday afternoon when officers spotted the teen running a red light. When they tried to pull him over, he did the opposite of stopping. He floored it. That decision turned a traffic stop into a full-blown pursuit, and things escalated quickly from there.
The teen turned down North Bayview Drive, which is a dead end, so his options were limited. Rather than surrender, he reversed course and drove straight into the pursuing police cruiser. Then he bailed on foot and left the Jeep sitting on someone’s front lawn, which their Ring camera captured in full detail. Police ended up towing both the Jeep and the damaged patrol car, which sat at the scene until around 7:00 or 7:30 that evening…