After a vehicle crash on Lark Street last Monday afternoon, three men have been arrested.
Lieutenant Michael Barone observed a red sedan traveling east on Madison Avenue at a high speed. The vehicle then turned on to Lark Street, then Chestnut Street. As the officer prepared to make a traffic stop, he learned that the vehicle had lost control and crashed into a building.
The three occupants of the vehicle exited the car and fled the scene on foot.
The three men, identified as Deion Austin, 21, Kenyatta Ingram, 24,and Darius Bonano, 25, were apprehended by responding officers near the scene. Austin was found to be in possession of a gravity knife and charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon and Obstruction of Governmental Administration. Ingram was found to be in possession of a small bag of marijuana and charged with Unlawful Possession. Bonano, of Albany, was in possession of two bags (66 grams) of marijuana and charged with Criminal Possession.
Austin sustained a fractured arm during the crash and was treated at the scene by medical personnel and brought to Albany Medical Center for further evaluation.
