STATE POLICE BASED ON OGDENSBURG SAY THEY ATTEMPTED TO STOP A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 19-YEAR-OLD THADCHER ADAMS ABOUT 11 MONDAY NIGHT, AFTER IT WAS SPOTTED MAKING A TURN WITHOUT A SIGNAL. ADAMS ALLEGEDLY REFUSED TO PULL OVER, AND TOOK THE PATROL ON A PURSUIT UP MC.ILWEE ROAD, TO THE IRISH SETTLEMENT ROAD, THEN STATE ROUTE 68 INTO THE CITY. THE ADAMS VEHICLE STRUCK A SNOWBANK ON PROCTOR AVENUE; ADAMS GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND RAN. HE WAS CAUGHT ON ANTHONY STREET A SHORT TIME LATER AND WAS CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR DWI, RECKLESS DRIVING, AND FLEEING A POLICE OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, PLUS A MARIJUANA VIOLATION.

ADAMS WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE A MORRISTOWN JUSTICE AND REMANDED TO THE COUNTY ON 15-THOUSAND-DOLLARS CASH BAIL OR 30-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BAIL BOND.