Police arrest man accused of driving at officer during traffic stop
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester Police have found the person they say drove at an officer. It happened during a traffic stop. According to police, the officer shot at the driver in self-defense. No one was hurt.
Police say 32-year-old Douglas Moore is the man who drove at police, and who was arrested Tuesday morning.
This happened near Joseph Avenue and Vienna Street early Tuesday morning. Capt. Greg Bello said during the traffic stop, the car took off down a one-way street, turned around, and came at the officer, who felt threatened and started shooting.
Moore has been charged with reckless endangerment in the first degree, unlawfully fleeing police, aggravated unlicensed operator in the second degree, and other traffic violations.
He’ll be arraigned at 9:30 Wednesday morning in Rochester City Court.
A similar situation happened Monday morning when police tried recovering a stolen car on Nellis Park. That’s when police say drivers in two stolen vehicles sped towards them. The officers were able to run out of the way.
Sunday night, in the southwest part of the city, officers encountered a similar situation when they tried stopping a car full of teens. The vehicle drove at officers and hit a tow truck. Some of the teens then hopped into a stolen vehicle and tried to get away before stopping on Flint Street and running off.
“We were able to apprehend one of the teens, I believe 16 or 17 years old, and they got an appearance ticket because that’s the way things work in New York state. A 16-year-old drives a car at a police officer and gets an appearance ticket,” Bello said. “Unfortunately that’s becoming more and more of a reality and that’s something officers are facing and thankfully none of our officers have been injured of late because of that but obviously it’s a scary situation when a car drives at you.”
The 16-year-old caught on Flint Street was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment and released to a parent.