Car Chase Ends with Arrest: Clarkstown Police

An Amityville NY man faces drug charges after leading Clarkstown police on a brief chase.

Shortly after 9 PM June 16, an officer observed a white Nissan pickup truck make a turn onto Gilchrist Road in Valley Cottage without signaling and attempted to conduct a traffic stop.

Instead, the pickup truck accelerated and the driver threw a small object out of the passenger side window.

The pickup truck continued and at times, drove upwards of 80-90 miles per hour and crossed the double yellow lines several times. The pursuit ended in West Nyack after the driver drove onto Demarest Mill Road which is a dead end.

The driver was taken into custody without further incident and was identified as Khristopher Crayton, 29, from Amityville, NY.

Recovered items included eleven (11) grams of crack cocaine, twelve (12) grams of heroin, a digital scale, and numerous clear plastic bags.

No injuries were sustained and no property was damaged during the pursuit.

Crayton was charged with the following felonies: 2 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance 3rd, 2 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance 4th, criminal possession of a controlled substance 5th, reckless endangerment 1st, 2 counts of tampering with physical evidence; and the following misdemeanors: 2 counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia 2nd, and 3 counts of unlawfully fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle 3rd.

Crayton was arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court and remanded without bail to the Rockland County Jail.