LI Man Arrested Upstate After Leading Police On High-Speed Chase

A Riverhead man was arrested upstate after police say he led state troopers on a chase down an interstate and fought officers as they tried to arrest him.

Police say that on March 8 at 10:50 p.m., state troopers in Watertown attempted to stop a 2003 Gray Nissan Sentra that was traveling at 100 mph in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 81. The driver, Stephen White, 57, didn't stop, police say, and continued to drive down the road, slowing down and speeding up while driving erratically across both lanes.

Police say White tried to make a turn to the left and spun out in the median. He then tried to run away on foot, police say, but got back in his car and locked himself inside. After troopers got the car open, White began to kick at them as they tried to arrest him, police say.

No one was injured during the chase or the arrest.

White was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, driving while ability impaired by drugs and third-degree obstructing governmental administration.

White was arraigned in Town of Orleans Court and was remanded to the Jefferson County Public Safety Building on $3,500 cash/$7,000 bond.

Photo: New York State Police