PUTNAM COUNTY – State Police arrested two men after a high-speed chase on I-684 on Monday. Troopers have charged the 18-year-old driver with the misdemeanors of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle, obstruction of governmental administration, and resisting arrest. His passenger, 21-year-old Bronx resident Javier Pichardo was charged with the misdemeanors of obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest.
The vehicle had California license plates on it.
On December 19, Troopers observed a 2019 Toyota Camry traveling north on I-684 in Bedford at speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour just before 10:00 a.m. The police attempted to perform a traffic stop but the vehicle failed to respond. The suspect vehicle reached speeds in excess of 130 miles per hour, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. When the chase reached Route 22 in the Putnam County town of Southeast, the two subjects abandoned the vehicle in a bank parking lot near Milltown Road and fled the area on foot, and proceeded to run around the reservoir.
With the help of deputies from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department and a State Police K9 unit, the subjects were taken into custody after a 30-minute pursuit.
Both subjects were issued appearance tickets returnable to the town of Southeast Justice Court in January.
