Man Jailed After Threats, Chase
A Chautauqua County man is in jail after taking sheriff's deputies on a chase and threatening them early this morning.
23-year-old Christopher Perina of Forestville had been threatening to harm himself when police found him at around 4:15 a.m. They talked with him by way of cell phone until around 8 a.m., during which time he threatened to harm officers and himself if anyone got near him.
He then drove his vehicle through a field and a yard to get around a police perimeter and led police on a 10-minute chase through area roads. The chase ended in a grape vineyard.
He was charged with unlawful fleeing a police officer, reckless endangerment and numerous other charges. He was arraigned on these and unanswered charges from a prior similar incident and sent to jail on $50,000 bail.
23-year-old Christopher Perina of Forestville had been threatening to harm himself when police found him at around 4:15 a.m. They talked with him by way of cell phone until around 8 a.m., during which time he threatened to harm officers and himself if anyone got near him.
He then drove his vehicle through a field and a yard to get around a police perimeter and led police on a 10-minute chase through area roads. The chase ended in a grape vineyard.
He was charged with unlawful fleeing a police officer, reckless endangerment and numerous other charges. He was arraigned on these and unanswered charges from a prior similar incident and sent to jail on $50,000 bail.
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