Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find unpersuasive the defendant's contention that the hearing court should have suppressed his statements and certain physical evidence as the fruit of his unlawful arrest. Having observed that the defendant was operating a vehicle with a damaged windshield, the police possessed a reasonable basis upon which to follow and attempt to detain him (see, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 375 [22]; People v Diaz,
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