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Man Accused of Leading Police on Car Chase Through Staten Island Indicted

By Nicholas Rizzi | March 4, 2015 10:00am
 Anthony Mazza, 40, was indicted in court for leading police on a car chase from New Jersey to Brooklyn, and injuring two officer in the pursuit.
Anthony Mazza, 40, was indicted in court for leading police on a car chase from New Jersey to Brooklyn, and injuring two officer in the pursuit.
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STATEN ISLAND — The man who led police on a car chase from New Jersey to Brooklyn — injuring two Port Authority officers during the pursuit — was indicted Monday, prosecutors said.

The District Attorney filed an indictment yesterday against Anthony Mazza, 40, of Mapleton, N.J., for leading police on the chase last week. The case will move to Supreme Court, a spokesman for the DA said.

The passenger, Timothy Isaksen, 26, of Old Bridge, N.J., pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance for drugs found inside the car and was sentenced to 30 days in jail Monday, the District Attorney's office said.

On Feb. 24, Mazza and Isaksen were wanted by U.S. Marshals when they fled New Jersey into Staten Island and Brooklyn, according to court papers.

Police found cocaine and heroin inside their 2009 Chevy Malibu after the chase, according to court papers. During the pursuit, Mazza slammed his car into the back of a marked Port Authority vehicle near the Victory Boulevard exit of the Staten Island Expressway, injuring two officers, according to the Port Authority.

Officers from Staten Island's 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 tried to stop the chase by closing down the eastbound lane of the Verrazano Bridge and setting up a roadblock on the expressway, but Mazza found a way through, according to the Port Authority.

Driving between 80 and 100 mph, Mazza swerved through traffic and eventually lost control of the Malibu and crashed into three parked cars at the corner of Cropsey and 14th avenues in Brooklyn, court papers read.

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 Medical Center in stable condition.

A lawyer for Mazza did not immediately respond to request for comment.