UPDATE: Driver arrested after chase across town lines ends with stolen truck hitting spike strips on Lyell
End of chase on Lyell Avenue (Photo: WHEC)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A high-speed chase across town lines ended when a truck hit spike strips, coming to rest on Lyell Avenue and Murray Street in the city on Friday morning.
The driver, caught by deputies after a brief foot chase, was found to be wanted on four outstanding warrants, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
William S. Dougherty, 30, of Avon has been charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property; third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle; and larceny.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the Kinglet Drive neighborhood in the Town of Henrietta, where a resident told deputies that an unknown man in a pickup truck stole property from his vehicles. After deputies reviewed security footage and broadcast a description of the suspect and truck, a deputy saw a truck matching the description — a Ford F-150 with Georgia license plates, reported stolen in Skaneateles — on East River Road. Deputies said they tried to pull the truck over there but the driver took off.
Deputies used spike strips on Lyell Avenue to stop the truck at the intersection with Murray Street. Deputies say they found stolen merchandise inside the truck.
Dougherty is wanted on four outstanding warrants from Monroe County Court and the Gates, Greece and Rochester police departments. He was taken to the Monroe County Jail to answer the county court warrant for five counts of grand larceny.
