As a police officer continues to recover after a hit-and-run crash in Hollywood, the 20-year-old man accused of causing his suffering was at the Broward County Main Jail on Monday in Fort Lauderdale.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office Department of Detention’s correctional officers booked Artiom Echiusciu on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, and he appeared in county bond court on Monday morning.

“Echiusciu was residing in the United States illegally from Russia,” Deanna Bettineschi, a spokeswoman for the Hollywood Police Department, wrote in a statement.

At 12:25 a.m., on May 20, Echiusciu was driving a BMW at more than 100 miles per hour when he crossed a center median at Hollywood Boulevard and North Ocean Drive and struck the officer’s patrol car, according to Bettineschi.

“The impact of the crash sent the officer to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries,” Bettineschi wrote in the statement.

Echiusciu got out of the BMW, ran away, a Lyft driver gave him a ride, and he fled to Chicago, where the U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested him on June 10, according to

“The officer is continuing to recover, and we appreciate the outpouring of support seen from our community,” Bettineschi wrote.

Echiusciu faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury, driving with a suspended license, leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage, and failing to register a vehicle.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report.

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