MASSENA-BASED STATE POLICE SAY 21-YEAR-OLD ERIC SISTO ALLEGEDLY REFUSED TO PULL OVER FOR VILLAGE OFFICERS, WHEN THEY TRIED TO STOP HIM FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION. TROOPERS SAY SISTO REFUSED TO STOP BECAUSE HE WAS WANTED ON A PROBATION WARRANT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. SISTO FLED TO THE VILLAGE LIMITS NEAR ST.LAWRENCE CENTRE MALL. TROOPERS TOOK OVER THE CHASE. SISTO ALLEGEDLY TOOK TROOPERS TO O'NEILL ROAD, THEN THE NORTH RAQUETTE RIVER ROAD ONTO ROUTE 37C, THEN UP 37 TO AKWESASNE. TRIBAL POLICE JOINED IN THE CHASE WHEN SISTRO CROSSED ONTO THE TERRITORY. TROOPERS SAY SISTO ALLEGEDLY REACHED A SPEED OF ABOUT 105 MILES-AN-HOUR AT ONE POINT DURING THE CHASE. SISTO'S GIRLFRIEND AND 15-MONTH-OLD CHILD WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME.

ON AKWESASNE, SISTO ALLEGEDLY TOOK POLICE TO COOK ROAD IN HOGANSBURG, TRYING TO ELUDE THEM IN A PARKING LOT. SISTO ALLEGEDLY STRUCK A TROOP CAR AND CRASHED HIS VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD.

SISTO WAS ARRESTED ON TWO FELONY COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, A SINGLE FELONY COUNT OF THIRD DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, SINGLE COUNTS OF ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD, FLEEING AN OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, FAILURE TO KEEP RIGHT, AND UNSAFE PASSING; MULTIPLE COUNTS OF SPEEDING AND FAILURE TO STOP FOR A STOP SIGN, AND SINGLE COUNTS OF RECKLESS DRIVING AND DRIVING WHILE USING A MOBILE PHONE.

SISTO WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE A MASSENA TOWN JUSTICE AND COMMITTED TO THE ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL ON 10-THOUSAND-DOLLARS CASH BAIL OR 20-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BAIL BOND.