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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; An 18-year-old man from New York City was arrested after city police alleged he stole a vehicle, initiated a pursuit and crashed into a tree on South Wilkes-Barre Boulevard late Monday night.
				Andrell Spencer Stanford was arrested in the Market Street Square parking lot after he fled the wrecked vehicle just before 11 p.m., police said.
				Police allege Stanford stole the vehicle when he threatened the driver with a firearm.
				According to the criminal complaint:
				Leobardo Sosa told police he was sitting inside his 2003 Jeep Liberty parked on Logan Street and observed a man walk past. Sosa claimed he was then confronted by the man, identified as Stanford, who aimed a handgun at his head, demanding the keys to the Jeep and his cell phone.
				Stanford drove away in the Jeep and was later spotted by police in the area of East Northampton Street and South Wilkes-Barre Boulevard.
				Police initiated a traffic stop on East Market Street, where Stanford slowed and then accelerated, turning the wrong way on South Welles Street. Stanford turned onto East Northampton Street, nearly striking a vehicle and passed through a red traffic signal at East Northampton Street and South Wilkes-Barre Boulevard where he crashed into a tree in front of McDonald&rsquo;s Restaurant, the complaint says.
				Stanford fled the wrecked vehicle running through the Lincoln Plaza property, and back across South Wilkes-Barre Boulevard where he was captured in the parking lot of Market Street Square.
				Police said they recovered a pellet gun and a small amount of suspected marijuana inside Stanford&rsquo;s hooded sweatshirt, the complaint says.
				Police said they learned Stanford has an active warrant from the New York City Police Department on a robbery charge.
				Stanford was arraigned by District Judge Thomas Malloy in Wilkes-Barre on two counts of theft and receiving stolen property, and one count each of robbery, fleeing and eluding police, flight to avoid apprehension, driving without a license, accidents involving damage to property, criminal mischief, possession of a small amount of marijuana and several traffic violations. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $125,000 bail.
				In an unrelated case, Stanford, then 17, pleaded guilty to false identification to law enforcement stemming from an incident on Hillside Street on July 15, 2019.
				Police were flagged down on a report of several men shooting at each other and later found Stanford hiding on a porch of a residence in possession of an air rifle, court records say.

Police: NYC man steals vehicle, crashes into tree during pursuit