A Whitney Point man was arrested in Fenton after leading Broome County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high-speed pursuit.
According to a press release, David S. Zimmer, 57, is facing two felonies, four misdemeanors and over 30 traffic violations after leading deputies and state police officers on a pursuit which ended with two spike strip deployments in the Town of Fenton.
A Broome County Sheriff’s Office Detective attempted to stop Zimmer at approximately 6:44 p.m. on Tuesday on the Brandywine Highway in the City of Binghamton. The blue Honda Accord had been identified after fleeing Johnson City Police earlier that evening, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Zimmer refused to comply with the traffic stop, and a pursuit was initiated. He fled east on I-88, recklessly changing lanes multiple times before taking the Exit 3 off ramp onto state Route 369.
He continued north on state Route 369, speeding, driving recklessly, crossing double yellow lines, hazard lines and driving through oncoming traffic, police said. Zimmer reached Ballyhack Road, turned off state Route 369 and headed south before traveling west on Ganoungtown Road.
A sheriff’s deputy deployed a spike strip at the intersection of Ganoungtown Road and state Route 369, but Zimmer continued to flee, turning south back onto state Route 369, despite the vehicle’s tires disintegrating.
Zimmer hit a second strip that had been deployed at the intersection of Ballyhack Road and state Route 369. He continued to flee on state Route 369 and onto state Route 7B, but he was unable to navigate the turn and drove into the grass near Ashley Trailers where the vehicle came to a stop.
Inside the vehicle, patrols recovered two dogs and a knotted wrapped bag containing a substance that field tested positive for cocaine, police said.
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Zimmer was taken into custody, processed at the Broome County Sheriff’s Office, arraigned at Central Arraignment Part and remains in custody at the Broome County Correctional Facility. The two dogs were safely transferred to a friend of Zimmer’s.
Zimmer is currently facing charges of first-degree felony reckless endangerment and felony tampering with physical evidence, both felonies, along with third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, reckless driving, third-degree aggravated unlicensed driving of a motor vehicle and 31 traffic violations.
The Broome County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by state police, Binghamton Police and the Port Crane Fire Company.
