JAMESTOWN – A Jamestown man is in police custody after leading police on a high speed chase Tuesday afternoon through areas of Chautauqua and Warren Counties.
Jamestown Police say they tried to stop 39-year-old Larry Hicks shortly after 3:30 p.m. in the area of Arnold and Maple streets. Hicks is accused of driving away from the scene and leading police on a subsequent chase that took them through Jamestown, Carroll, Russell, and Sugar Grove The chase continued back across the state Line and into the Town of Busti, where officers with the Lakewood-Busti police department deployed spike trips. That forced Hicks’ vehicle to stop and he was taking into custody.
Hicks was charged with third-degree unlawful fleeing police in a motor vehicle, obstructing governmental administration, reckless driving, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, along with various other traffic violations. He was also charged with violating his parole.
Hicks is awaiting arraignment in the city jail.
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