LI Man, Who Led Officers On High-Speed DWI Chase, Causing 5 Crashes Over 15 Miles, Free Without Bail: DA

RIVERSIDE, NY — A Mastic Beach man faces upgraded charges in a 22-count indictment handed down in connection with leading law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit that caused five crashes across 15 miles on Sunrise Highway and Montauk Highway in the Yaphank area in June 2026, Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney said Friday.

Twenty-three-year-old Vladimir Alonzo's indictment includes first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree criminal mischief, both felonies, and misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree criminal mischief and third-degree assault.

His driving privileges were suspended, and he was placed on supervised release without bail, according to prosecutors.

The charges are considered non-bail-eligible under current New York State law.

He is due back in court on Sept. 25, and faces two and one-third to seven years in prison if convicted on the top count.

He is represented by Gregory Grizopoulos of Mineola. Patch attempted to reach out after business hours on Friday.

Alonzo "drove more than 100 miles per hour through residential neighborhoods, ran red lights, fleeing from law enforcement, driving through people’s yards while intoxicated, leaving two wrecked vehicles behind him and, under New York’s ridiculous bail laws, my prosecutors cannot ask for bail," Tierney said.

“It is a miracle, and a matter of pure luck, that no one was seriously injured or killed in this reckless 15-mile-long ordeal," he added.

On June 27, 2026, at around 12:25 a.m., Alonzo was operating a 2022 Ram 3500 eastbound on Sunrise Highway at more than 100 mph, near Exit 50, and the excess speed caused a deputy with the Suffolk County Sheriff’s office to initiate a traffic stop, prosecutors said.

Alonzo pulled over on the shoulder, near Exit 52, and when the deputy got out of his car and tried to approach his vehicle, he sped off eastbound — weaving in and out of traffic — before swerving off the roadway at Exit 57S, according to prosecutors.

He hit a street sign and drove through residential yards on the South Service Road, prosecutors said.

From there, Alonzo turned south on Yaphank Avenue, proceeded through a red light at the intersection of Montauk Highway, and crashed into a telephone pole, according to prosecutors.

Alonzo then continued to flee in his crashed vehicle westbound on Montauk Highway before deputies were able to box him in, and Alonzo then rammed his truck into one of the deputies’ vehicles and continued to flee eastbound on Montauk Highway at excessive speeds, according to prosecutors.

The reckless nature of Alonzo’s driving caused several other vehicles to pull off the roadway to avoid being struck, prosecutors said.

During the pursuit, Alonzo went through a red light at the intersection of Montauk Highway and William Floyd Parkway, where he struck a 2026 Toyota Sienna, causing it to spin and then overturn, prosecutors said, adding that two people inside the minivan were taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk in East Patchogue, where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released.

Despite the crash, Alonzo fled southbound on William Floyd Parkway for several miles before making a U-turn through the grass median and continuing northbound, according to prosecutors.

Alonzo then tried to make a right-hand turn at a high rate of speed but went off the roadway and crashed into the side of a CVS Pharmacy located at the corner of Havenwood Drive East, prosecutors said.

The vehicle became disabled after it got wedged between a pillar and the building, prosecutors said, adding, that at that point, deputies rushed to the vehicle and found Alonzo in the driver’s seat.

Open alcohol containers were found inside the vehicle, according to prosecutors.

Alonzo was arrested at the scene, but further investigation found that he was driving with an expired license, prosecutors said.

In the indictment, he faces additional charges of third-degree unlawful fleeing from a police officer in a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an incident without reporting personal injury, two counts of driving while intoxicated, and driving while ability impaired by drugs, all misdemeanors.

He also faces misdemeanor charges of driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any drug or drugs, and reckless driving.

Infractions he was charged with include operating a motor vehicle without a valid license, illegal U-turn, three counts of speeding, three counts of leaving the scene of an incident without reporting, three counts of failing to stop at a traffic control device, and failing to maintain lane.