After a high-speed chase from Oakfield to Bergen, deputies say they recovered a loaded 9mm handgun with no identifying information on it from the vehicle two suspects ran from after it wouldn't go any further.
Taken into custody were Sylvan P. Grayson, 24, from Le Roy, and Luke A. Rose, 19, from Batavia. A juvenile backseat passenger did not flee from the vehicle and was detained at the scene without incident.
Grayson and Rose are accused of possessing a "ghost gun," which is an unserialized and untraceable firearm.
The case began at 2:38 a.m. on Thursday on Batav ia Oakfield Townline Road and Route 63 when Deputy Jacob Kipler attempted a traffic stop on a 2013 blue Dodge Avenger for an alleged headlight violation.
The Avenger fled at speeds that reached 90 mph. The vehicle went off the road several times on Batavia Stafford Townline Road, and the Sheriff's Office reports that the Avenger "intentionally" drove through a crop field, causing extensive damage to the crops.
Spike strips were successfully deployed on Route 237 in the Town of Stafford, according to the report. The Avenger lost several tires but continued to drive on rims at high rates of speed.
The driver lost control of the vehicle in the area of Clinton Street Road and Apple Tree Avenue in Bergen. It went off the road, struck a street sign and crashed into an earthen embankment.
According to deputies, the driver and a front-seat passenger took off running, heading south toward businesses an Apple Tree. The passenger was apprehended without further incident after a short foot pursuit and was later identified as Luke A. Rose.
The other suspect, Sylvan P. Grayson, was located behind a business on Apple Tree about an hour later and taken into custody without further incident.
During an inventory of the contents of the vehicle, before it was impounded, deputies allegedly found a loaded 9mm handgun with no serial number, make or model identification.
Grayson is charged with:
- Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, a Class C felony;
- Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a Class D felony;
- Criminal possession of a firearm (a "ghost gun"), a Class E felony;
- Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a Class A misdemeanor;
- Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle;
- Obstructing governmental administration;
- And 16 traffic tickets.
Rose is charged with:
- Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, a Class C felony;
- Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (a "ghost gun"), a Class A misdemeanor;
- And criminal possession of a firearm, a Class E felony.
Both Grayson and Rose were arraigned and ordered held on bail.
The Sheriff's Office did not release whether there were charges against the juvenile in the backseat.
