A Delhi 16-year-old was arrested Wednesday after leading state police on a high-speed chase on Route 28, eventually ditching his car and fleeing into the woods.
Around 4:40 in the afternoon on Wednesday, Jan. 22, state police responded to a report of an unauthorized vehicle on Route 28 near Gladstone Hollow in Andes. When troopers attempted to stop the car, the driver fled, speeding and driving erratically to avoid being pulled over, according to a police statement.
The driver sped eastward on Route 28 and fled all the way from Andes to Olive, over 40 miles away. The car was stopped on Route 28 near Mountain Road in Olive by a "stinger" tire deflation device deployed by police.
The driver, 16-year-old Wade Armstrong of Delhi, abandoned the car and fled into the woods where he was arrested, police said.
Armstrong is charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, a class D felony, and third-degree unlawfully fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned in Andes town court and remanded to the Delaware County Jail in lieu of $3,000 cash bail.
Route 28 was not closed during the incident, said state trooper Nathan Riegal, public information officer for Troop C of the New York State Police.
