A burglary at the American Legion Post 950 in Shandaken and a car chase down Route 28 on Saturday ended with the arrest of a Dutchess County man, police say.
On Saturday, Shandaken police and New York State troopers responded to a burglar alarm at the American Legion hall at 1045 Old Route 28, and found that the hall had been burglarized.
According to a New York State Police statement, after arriving on the scene, police broadcast a description of a suspicious vehicle to responding officers. State troopers saw a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle on Route 28, and attempted to stop it. Driver Daniel P. Touhy fled eastbound on Route 28, pursued by troopers, and was taken into custody in Kingston.
Touhy, a 45-year-old resident of Lagrangeville, is charged with possession of stolen property in the third degree, unlawfully fleeing a police officer in the third degree, driving while intoxicated, and several traffic offenses. He was arraigned in Town of Hurley Court and remanded to the Ulster County Jail without bail.
Ulster County sheriff's deputies, City of Kingston police, and Town of Ulster police also responded to the incident.
