GLNews New York: Cops hunt suspected drug dealer who escaped custody, hit NYPD cop with car

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Cops hunt suspected drug dealer who escaped custody, hit NYPD cop with car

Bryan McMenamin escaped police custody and is being hunted by the NYPD.

A suspect who was arrested Monday for selling drugs in Queens escaped from police custody and hit a cop with his vehicle, injuring the lawman, police said.

The cop, a Queens narcotics detective, was pursuing the suspect, Bryan McMenamin, 38, who had managed to get behind the wheel of a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Cops would not say how or where McMenamin (photo) got away. During his flight, near the intersection of Cooper Ave. and 59th St. in Glendale, at about 6:55 p.m., McMenamin rammed the SUV into the detective, causing a leg injury, cops said.

McMenamin ditched the Jeep in the Ridgewood Post Office parking lot, on Myrtle Ave. at Decatur St., a short drive from where he struck the cop. He remained at large as of early Tuesday. The detective was in stable condition at Long Island Jewish Hospital.