PERINTON, N.Y. — A man is facing charges after a Monroe County sheriff’s deputy suffered an eye injury while trying to arrest him in Perinton on Wednesday.

Deputies say that William Cook, 32 of Newark, caused the injury when he ran from them and resisted arrest. Cook is charged with assault, resisting arrest, and petit larceny.

It all started when deputies responded to the Wegmans at Pittsford Palmyra Road just after 11 a.m. They got reports of a person stealing merchandise, got a description of the suspect, and began searching the area.

Deputies say they found Cook on the Swan Trail and he started running. After making the arrest, deputies learned that Cook had a warrant out for his arrest for Criminal Possession of Stolen Property. 

Cook was arraigned in Perinton Town Court and taken to the Monroe County Jail on $2,000 cash bail. The injured deputy got medical treatment and is recovering.