The U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force was involved in the incident, which ended at Brower Place and Earle Avenue in Lynbrook, with the suspect's vehicle up on a resident's lawn.
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Authorities say the task force was attempting to arrest 27-year-old Cory Cornish, of Coram, on a Suffolk County warrant for assault and a New York state parole warrant.
Cornish allegedly attempted to flee in his car but crashed a block later.
He was taken into custody and transported to a medical facility for evaluation.
Members of the task force were exposed to illegal drugs and were briefly hospitalized before being medically cleared and released.
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Neighbors described the commotion, saying there were screeching noises and guns drawn. Thankfully, no one in the neighborhood was hurt.
"I saw all these guns, and I had no idea what was going on," resident Patricia Meehan said. "So I ran back inside and shut the door, and we watched and we came out and heard that it was a drug bust. We watched him get arrested and taken away. It is scary that this would happen in our neighborhood. I was very thankful that it wasn't one of the children. Thank God nobody was outside, because we have a lot of children on this block who ride up and down on their bicycles. It was a miracle nobody else was out there."
In the moments that followed, authorities could be seen taking away bags of evidence from the suspect's vehicle.
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