This article was updated on April 8 at 7:15 p.m.
A New York City man with more than a dozen prior arrests was nabbed in Rye after a lengthy high-speed chase into residential neighborhoods on Milton Point and through The American Yacht Club.
Antonio Trusty, 36, was driving a stolen vehicle with Massachusetts license plates when he allegedly evaded attempted traffic stops by Westchester County police in Yonkers on Sunday, April 6, setting off the wild pursuit.
Police said Trusty drove off the road onto the yards of Rye homes and AYC, while being chased by county and Rye police, in a stolen 2011 Toyota Highlander. Authorities said he also hit a Westchester County police car and a vehicle owned by a Connecticut resident while driving on Stuyvesant Avenue.
The Westchester County Real Time Crime Center informed local departments that there was a stolen vehicle driving on the Cross County Parkway shortly after 1 p.m. Westchester County police officers tried to make a traffic stop, officials said, but Trusty allegedly took off heading north.
Rye officers then joined the pursuit when the SUV reached Interstate 95 North and Playland Parkway.
After allegedly driving on private properties and striking the police and the Connecticut car, Trusty smashed head-on into a tree on Stuyvesant Avenue at Barron Place. He was arrested after a brief pursuit on foot.
Police said they drew their guns while placing Trusty under arrest and handcuffing him.
All parties refused medical attention, according to police.
An image of the crash released by Rye police shows the Highlander’s front end crumpled by the impact with the tree and a pool of red liquid — police said it was transmission fluid — on the ground next to the driver’s side door.
But the story doesn’t stop there.
The arrest marks at least the 14th time Trusty has been placed in handcuffs dating back to 2010 when he was first arrested for criminal possession of a weapon in Stamford. For more than a decade he has been connected to numerous crimes across Connecticut, including in Bridgeport, Milford, Norwalk, and Waterbury, court records show.
Trusty served minor stints in jail for his offenses, according to court records, which ranged from car theft and assault to drug possession and resisting arrest. But he was also shown leniency by the courts, on several occasions, with judges favoring probation over prison sentences, records show.
His most recent run-in with police came in December 2023, when he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend in a car in Westport, Conn., and then prevented her from calling the police. He was eventually arrested when authorities found him with a handgun, according to the Connecticut Post.
In connection with that incident, he was already scheduled to appear in court later this month to face charges on three felonies and four misdemeanors.
Meanwhile, Westchester County police booked Trusty on Sunday with criminal possession of stolen property, a felony. They also charged him with criminal mischief, unlawfully fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, reckless driving, and obstructing governmental administration.
In addition, Rye officers issued four vehicle and traffic law summonses to Trusty on charges of leaving the scene of an accident without reporting after he hit a tree and two other vehicles.
