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.

Swafford, who has been with the school system for six years, is still on the job at Ingleside Elementary, Athens City Schools director of schools Robert W. Greene said Tuesday in an email.