A Suffolk judge called a Middle Island man’s decision to fire several gunshots at police officers during a high-speed chase last year "unthinkable, dangerous and reckless," as he sentenced him to a bargained-for sentence of 20 years in prison Thursday.

State Supreme Court Justice Richard Ambro said Brandon Scanlon was "lucky to be alive" after his actions on April 4, 2024, when he attempted to evade police executing a search warrant at a home in Bohemia by fleeing in a vehicle.

"Attempted murder of a police officer comes with enhanced sentence sanctions because police officers put their lives on the line every day to protect us," Ambro told Scanlon during his sentencing in Riverhead. "And in a high-speed chase to avoid a drug arrest, you shot at them."

Scanlon, 34, declined to speak a

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