Savannah-Chatham police have charged a man who crashed a rental car into a county deputy’s patrol car Sept. 9 with multiple offenses.
Leonardo Divinci “Rock” Larck has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; trafficking heroin; possession with intent to distribute heroin, MDMA, and cocaine; and possession of tools for the commission of a crime, said Julian Miller, metro police spokesman.
The charges are a result of the investigation of the crash conducted by the police department’s Major Accident Investigation Team at the request of the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office and a separate investigation by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team.
Larck was taken into custody while being treated for injuries received when the rental car he was driving collided with a marked Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Chatham County Sheriff’s Deputy Edward Gray on the 37th Street Connector to Interstate 16.
Both men had been transported for treatment of injuries in the 9:40 a.m. crash when deputies discovered an active probation violation warrant against Larck for a previous aggravated assault.
Larck was previously sought by the metro homicide unit as a person who may have had information regarding the July 18 slaying of Arkeen Abron on the 1200 block of Seiler Avenue, Miller said.
Larck remains incarcerated.
Investigations continue into the crash, the drug charges and the homicide by MAIT, CNT and metro’s violent crimes division are ongoing, Miller said.