Brooklyn Man Arrested for Hitting Woman with Vehicle

Incident Took Place during a Car Takeover in Patchogue

Suffolk County Police arrested a Brooklyn man for seriously injuring a pedestrian during a car takeover in Patchogue.  

A 19-year-old Holbrook woman was watching a car takeover at the Gateway Plaza, located on Sunrise Highway, when she was struck by a white Infiniti sedan on October 6 at approximately 1:15 a.m. She was transported by private vehicle to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of serious injuries.  

Following an investigation, Fifth Squad detectives arrested Matthew Mitchell in Kew Gardens on  October 15 at 11:40 a.m. Mitchell, 20, of 412 Montauk Ave., was charged with second-degree assault, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury, second-degree reckless endangerment, reckless driving and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

He was scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on October 16.