Fraser Man Wanted in Connection to Stabbing Remains in New York Jail

One week after the brutal of a 69-year-old Macomb Township resident, the sole person of interest in the case remains in police custody in New York state.

Fraser resident , 27, was arrested on Feb. 26 by New York State Police on the Tappen Zee Bridge in Orangetown, NY, after an almost 100-mile car chase that started in Roxbury, NJ.

Reiner is also a suspect in , which took place Feb. 24 and 25 and involved the theft of a 1999 Acura, which Reiner was driving at the time of his arrest.

He was charged in New York with criminal possession of stolen property, reckless endangerment, unlawfully fleeing police, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, unlawful possession of marijuana, various vehicle and traffic violations and being a fugitive from justice from the state of Michigan, according New York State Police.

Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said that without a warrant, he could not disclose any additional information on his department's investigation into the stabbing, except to say Reiner remains a person of interest in the case.

The victim, who received two stab wounds to the neck and underwent surgery on Feb. 23, remains hospitalized.

Reiner is being held at the Rockland County Jail to await extradition proceedings from the parole division of the Michigan Department of Corrections, according to New York Police. The Roxbury, NJ, Police Department and the New Jersey State Police also will be filing charges.

According to the Department of Corrections and Macomb County court records, Reiner was sentenced to 2.5 years to 15 years in prison on second-degree home invasion committed in Macomb County in 2006. He is also listed as an absconder from his Michigan parole beginning Jan. 25.

Grosse Pointe Farms Detective Rick Good confirmed Reiner has an extensive criminal history, even though he's only served one prison term. A New York State trooper told Good on Tuesday that during their interview Reiner denied any knowledge or connection with the Grosse Pointe burglaries. Good said despite his denial, they still believe he is the man who broke into the homes and stole the car. 

Grosse Pointe Farms police originally thought the burglar may have been posing as a snow-shoveler going door-to-door to get close to the homes to determine whether anyone was home. This was further confirmed after another Farms resident unrelated to either break-in reported a man who looked like Reiner approached her with an offer to shovel her driveway, Good said. 

Detectives have sent a few fingerprints taken from the scene of at least one of the Farms break-ins to the Michigan State Crime Lab for analysis, Good said.