NYPD officers jumped into East Rockaway Inlet to arrest suspected car thief Matthew Swafford after he leaped from a dock to escape capture in Queens.

New NYPD bodycam video shows the moment a fearless pair of cops jumps into the water off the Rockaways – on the tail of an alleged Queens car thief who made the plunge to avoid arrest. The tense ...

We went through all of this for a stolen car?” NYPD Det. Jacqueline Demerest asked the suspect after finally taking him into custody.

A Queens man was chased by police into the East Rockaway Inlet after he attempted to avoid being arrested, according to ...

"We went through all of this for a stolen car?" an NYPD detective asked after leaping into the East Rockaway Inlet to pursue ...

MCLEANSBORO -- Matthew Swafford, 90, died at 7:12 a.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Hamilton Memorial Nursing Center in McLeansboro.