CHENANGO COUNTY – Heroin, cocaine, marijuana and a loaded gun were recovered by authorities in the early hours of Wednesday, March 8, 2017, according to authorities with the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office.
24-year-old Samuel Ackermann, Norwich, and a 17-year-old juvenile female of Plymouth were taken into custody following an hours-long pursuit by police.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 10:45 p.m., March 7, the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division along with members of the Oxford Village Police Department and Norwich City Police Department were conducting a narcotics investigation in the Village of Oxford. During said investigation, road patrol members attempted to stop a gray 2010 Chevrolet Malibu allegedly operated by Samuel J. Ackermann.
Police reported that Ackermann failed to comply and led officers on an approximate eight mile pursuit from the Village of Oxford and ended on Moon Hill Road in the Town of Plymouth.
While on Moon Hill Road, Ackermann allegedly crashed the vehicle into a tree and fled the scene with an 18-year-old Plymouth man, and a 17-year-old female.
Officers conducted a search of the area for approximately 2 and a half hours before calling off the search.
It was at approximately 3 a.m., March 8, 2017 when the Chenango County 911 Center received a call from a resident in the area reporting two people at the residence trying to get assistance from the resident.
Per a release from the Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded and located the two suspects from the earlier pursuit.
Ackermann and the female, were taken to UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during the crash.
“A search warrant was executed on the vehicle and officers recovered heroin as well as a loaded long gun,” read a release.
It was reported that while continuing their investigation, members of law enforcement additionally located more than one ounce of cocaine and approximately one and a half pounds of marijuana at a separate address in the Town of Pharsalia.
