Ithaca Trio In Custody After 58-Mile Pursuit
Posted on Saturday, 7 of November , 2009 at 9:45 pm
ITHACA—Three individuals are in custody after leading police in a pursuit that lasted 58 minutes and covered approximately 75 miles with a top speed of approximately 100 miles per hour.
State Police said that about 10 a.m. Saturday, a Homer-based trooper clocked a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu on radar at 92 mph northbound on I-81 in the Town of Cortlandville.
The vehicle was the subject of a multi-county radio alert as a stolen vehicle from the Ithaca Police Department and was also wanted in connection with a gas larceny from the Town of Richford, Tioga County, which had occurred about an hour earlier.
The unidentified trooper activated his emergency lights and siren and the vehicle failed to comply. The vehicle exited the interstate and continued south onto ST-41, and other state and local roads in southern Cortland County.
A Cortland County Sheriff’s officer attempted a stop stick deployment on RT-41 in the Town of Solon. The attempt was unsuccessful as the suspect vehicle swerved towards the deploying deputy, who was forced to dive into a ditch to avoid being struck by the vehicle, police said.
The pursuit continued into Chenango and Madison Counties and then back into Cortland County. Pursuing vehicles slowed as the suspect vehicle entered a sharp turn on ST-26 in the Town of Taylor, Cortland County. Officers temporarily lost sight of the vehicle as it entered the curve. As officers negotiated the curve, they observed the vehicle had run off the roadway, struck a ditch and come to rest.
The three occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody without incident. The vehicle operator, Chad Mayhew, 24, of 115 Mack St. Groton and passengers Jonathon Babcock, 20, 211 S. Corn St., Ithaca, and Samantha Greene, 20, 224 Linden Ave. Ithaca, were transported to Wilson Memorial Hospital by Cincinnatus and Smith ambulances. All were treated and released. They are currently being held awaiting arraignment.
The three are being charged with third degree criminal possession of stolen property. Mayhew was also wanted for violation of parole. He is additionally being charged with third degree unlawful fleeing a police officer and numerous Vehicle and Traffic Law offenses.
Mayhew will also be charged by the Cortland County Sheriff’s Department with one count of first degree reckless endangerment for allegedly swerving the speeding vehicle and nearly striking the sheriff’s deputy.
The investigation is continuing by the State Police, Ithaca Police and Cortland County Sheriff’s Department and additional charges are anticipated.
State Police were assisted during the pursuit by the Cortland County Sheriff’s Department, Chenango County Sheriff’s Department, Madison County Sheriff’s Department, the Cortland Police Department and Onondaga County helicopter, Air-1. 11-7-09
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