Jonathan Louissaint, of Valley Stream, charged in series of attacks, car crash

At least three people were hospitalized after a Valley Stream man struck several people, stole and crashed a car, and injured a police officer in a series of attacks on Sunday, Nassau County police said.

Around 9:15 a.m., Jonathan Louissaint, 32, entered a Forest Avenue home in Valley Stream and attacked a 24-year-old man, punching him in the face and striking his hand with a metal bar, police said.

Louissaint then went to a nearby 7-Eleven store on Sunrise Highway, where he struck a 35-year-old man on the hand with a beer can, police said.

Police did not say whether Louissaint knew the men.

He then left the store and tried entering multiple occupied vehicles.

Louissaint eventually got into an unoccupied 2020 Hyundai on Rockaway Parkway that was parked and running with its keys inside, police said.

He drove off in the Hyundai and crashed into a 2020 Toyota on New Hyde Park Road near Auburn Street in Franklin Square and also struck a parked car, its impact damaging a business sign, police said.

When police responded to the scene and tried to arrest Louissaint, he became combative and struck an officer in the face, police said.

The injured officer was taken to a hospital. The two occupants of the Toyota, a 29-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man, were also taken to a hospital with minor injuries, police said.

All other victims declined medical attention, police said.

At his arraignment at First District Court in Hempstead on Monday, Louissaint pleaded not guilty to 15 charges, including burglary, robbery, assault, grand larceny, criminal mischief and traffic violations, according to court documents. Judge Michele Johnson ordered him held without bail.

Monday evening, Louissaint's defense attorney, Stanley Martin Rubin, declined to discuss the charges against Louissaint pertaining to the Sunday incident.

Rubin has also been representing Louissaint for an incident on May 18, 2023, for which the Valley Stream man pleaded not guilty to nine charges, including three robbery counts, three assault counts, one count of criminal mischief and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Rubin described the 2023 incident, which remains an open court case, as "a highly implausible allegation."

 After Louissaint was arraigned on the nine charges on June 21, 2024, he posted bail Judge Tammy Robbins set for $50,000 cash, $100,000 insured bond or $499,000 partially secured surety bond, according to court documents.

Rubin confirmed Louissaint has been "at liberty" as that trial has proceeded. He is due back in court on Feb. 24 for the charges from the 2023 incident.