Batavia City Police Detective Kevin Czora suffered a fractured finger during the capture of a fleeing suspect early Tuesday evening.
According to police, 20-year-old Maverick R. McMurray, who lives at 30 Pearl St. in Batavia, was observed possibly attempting to steal property from a vehicle parked at the Kwikfill on Jackson Street at about 6:30.
McMurray purportedly gave police a false name and then fled on foot. Czora gave chase and caught the guy, breaking his finger in the process.
McMurray was remanded to Genesee County Jail in lieu of $2,500 bond and charged with assault in the second degree, obstruction of govermental administration in the second degree and using a false identity. He is set to appear in court May 7.
