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New York State Police say they received several reports of an erratic driver traveling northbound on I-87 in the Town of Tuxedo on Wednesday, April 3 around 9:45 p.m.
State Police attempted to pull the vehicle over after observing numerous traffic infractions, but the driver allegedly refused to stop.
After the driver led police on a four-mile pursuit, officers were able to stop the vehicle when it allegedly entered the Harriman Tolls through a closed lane and hit several traffic cones, police say.
The driver, identified as 48-year-old Joseph Lyons, was determined to be intoxicated, according to police.
Lyons was arrested and transported to SP Newburgh, where police say he refused to give a breath sample. He faces the following charges:
- Third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, a Class A misdemeanor
- Reckless driving, an unclassified misdemeanor
- Driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor
- Resisting arrest, a Class A misdemeanor
- Second-degree obstruction of governmental administration, a Class A misdemeanor
- Second-degree reckless endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor
- Several vehicle and traffic violations
Lyons was arraigned before the Town of Woodbury Court and remanded to Orange County Jail in lieu of $1,000 cash bail or $3,000 bond. He is scheduled to return to court on Tuesday, May 7.
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