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Haverstraw police charged Isaac Catedral with aggravated attempted murder after an officer was run over.
News 12, Newport Dispatch and Rockland Daily reported Catedral, 24, of Haverstraw, was arrested Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, after police said he drove at an officer during an attempted-break-in call, struck and ran over the officer, then crashed into an occupied police car during a chase on Route 9W. Three officers were taken to hospitals. He was arraigned Saturday morning and remanded.
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The call was an attempted break-in. The charge lists these outlets printed do not include a burglary count. News 12 left the assault, drug and weapon counts without degrees. Newport Dispatch printed second- and third-degree assault, second-degree criminal mischief, seventh-degree drug possession and fourth-degree weapon possession. No outlet has reported how badly the officers were hurt. A charge is not a conviction.
Haverstraw police said officers went to a village residence Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, for a report of a disorderly man trying to break into a home, Newport Dispatch and Rockland Daily reported. Newport Dispatch put the call at approximately 4:41 p.m. Rockland Daily reported around 4:41 p.m. News 12 reported the response began just after 4:40 p.m. and described it as an attempted break-in. Officers found a vehicle matching the description they had been given and ordered the driver out, the outlets reported.
Instead, the driver accelerated toward an officer, struck him and ran him over, then fled, News 12, Newport Dispatch and Rockland Daily reported. Police said the chase went south on Route 9W into Clarkstown and then back north toward Haverstraw. It ended when the driver crashed into a Haverstraw police vehicle that had officers in it, and he was taken into custody, the outlets reported. News 12 said he was taken to a hospital for evaluation after the crash. Three Haverstraw officers were taken to hospitals. News 12 reported the extent of their injuries was not immediately known. Newport Dispatch and Rockland Daily did not describe the injuries.
Police identified the driver as Isaac Catedral, 24, of Haverstraw. News 12 said the charges include aggravated attempted murder, two counts of assault, criminal mischief, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a weapon. Newport Dispatch listed aggravated attempted murder, assault in the second degree, assault in the third degree, criminal mischief in the second degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. Rockland Daily reported aggravated attempted murder, assault, criminal mischief, and drug and weapon possession, without degrees. None of those lists includes a burglary charge. News 12 and Rockland Daily reported he was arraigned Saturday morning in Haverstraw Village Justice Court and remanded to the Rockland County Correctional Facility. Newport Dispatch reported the arraignment and the remand and did not print the morning. Newport Dispatch and Rockland Daily reported the agencies that assisted: Stony Point police, the Rockland County Sheriff's Office, Clarkstown police, the New York State Police and Ramapo police. The charges are accusations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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