STATEN ISLAND — The two men who led authorities on a chase from New Jersey to Brooklyn — injuring two Port Authority officers during the pursuit — had drugs and a knife inside their car, prosecutors said.
Timothy Isaksen, 26, of Old Bridge, N.J., and Anthony Mazza, 40, of Mapleton, N.J., were wanted by U.S. Marshals when they fled New Jersey into Staten Island and Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon, according to court papers.
Police found cocaine and heroin inside their 2009 Malibu after the chase, court papers show. During the chase, the Malibu slammed into the back of a marked Port Authority police car near the Victory Boulevard exit of the Staten Island Expressway, injuring two officers, according to the Port Authority.
Port Authority police and officers from the 121st Precinct joined the effort to stop Isaksen and Mazza, who were wanted for aggravated assault, as they drove from Red Bank, N.J., over the Outerbridge Crossing to Staten Island and over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Brooklyn, sources previously told DNAinfo New York.
The MTA closed down the eastbound lane of the Verrazano and a roadblock was set up on the expressway. But Mazza — who was driving the Malibu — found a way through, according to court papers and the Port Authority.
Driving between 80 and 100 mph, Mazza swerved through multiple lanes before eventually losing control of the car at the corner of Cropsey and 14th avenues in Brooklyn and crashing into three parked cars, court papers show.
After the crash, Isaksen jumped out of the vehicle and tried to run away from police on foot. He flailed his arms and twisted his body to avoid being cuffed by police and an officer cut his hand in the scuffle, according to court documents.
Officers found three glassine envelopes of heroin, two glass vials of cocaine, a spoon with heroin residue, a pipe with hash oil and a gravity knife on the rear floor of the vehicle, court papers state.
The two injured Port Authority officers were taken to Richmond University Hospital in stable condition.
Mazza was charged with reckless endangerment, assault, criminal mischief, unlawful fleeing of a motor vehicle, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle, the Staten Island District Attorney's office said.
His bail was set at $500,000 and he's due back in court on March 2, prosecutors said.
Mazza previously served prison time on charges of criminal sale of a controlled substance and attempted robbery, according to the state Department of Corrections.
Isaksen was charged with assault, resisting arrest, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the district attorney's office.
His bail was set at $1,500 and he's also due back in court on March 2.
A lawyer for Mazza did not respond to request for comment. A lawyer for Isaksen could not be reached.
