High-Speed Chase In Broome County Ends With Drug Arrest

According to a release from the Broome County Sheriff's Office, on Thursday, December 11, 2025, around 6:05 PM, Road Patrol deputies observed a gold Ford F150 with a loud exhaust and an obstructed license plate. Deputies attempted a routine traffic stop in the area of Downs Avenue in the Town of Dickinson.

The driver of the Ford F150 failed to comply, pulled out, and led deputies on a multi-jurisdictional pursuit, traveling at a high rate of speed through Route 17 east in the City of Binghamton onto Interstate 81 South and into the Town of Kirkwood.

The driver of the Ford F150 reached speeds of approximately 100 mph, weaving across multiple lanes before aggressively “brake checking” pursuing patrols in an apparent attempt to cause a collision and disable pursuing law enforcement vehicles.

The report from the Broome County Sheriff's Office noted that the pursuit continued onto Dire Road in the Town of Windsor, where the Ford F150 ran out of gas. The driver veered off the roadway and drove through a field approximately 150 yards before getting stuck in the brush and coming to a stop.

The driver and a passenger exited the vehicle and fled on foot through the woods. With the assistance of K9 Raven and a UAV drone, deputies were successful in taking Tod Archibald of Starlight, PA, into custody.

The driver of the Ford F150, Ryan Dirig of Long Eddy, NY, was apprehended a short time later after he unsuccessfully attempted to enter a parked and locked sheriff's patrol vehicle.

Outstanding teamwork and coordination by our Strategic Response Group, our K9 unit, and our BCSO Road Patrol Deputies. Seeing our dedicated members of law enforcement skillfully utilize every tool at their disposal to bring those charged with peddling poison in our communities to justice should serve as a reassuring measure of relief to our community’s families and a warning to those who choose to sell drugs and try to run. - Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar

Broome County Sheriff's Deputies found over 6 grams of narcotics, multiple baggies containing 3.2 grams of powdered cocaine, 2.2 grams of crack cocaine, and .9 grams of a granular substance that tested positive for fentanyl in Dirig’s possession at the time of his arrest.

Dirig was charged with:

Two Counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Sell in the 3rd Degree, a Class B Felony
Attempted Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a Class D Felony
Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle in the 3rd Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor
Obstruction of Governmental Administration in the 2nd Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor
Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor
Reckless Endangerment in the 2nd Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor -
Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the 2nd Degree, a Misdemeanor
Reckless Driving, a Misdemeanor
16 other Traffic Violations

Tod T. Archibald (the passenger) was charged with Obstruction of Governmental Administration in the 2nd Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.

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