{"id":98586,"date":"2018-12-28T09:35:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T14:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=98586"},"modified":"2018-12-28T09:35:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T14:35:54","slug":"syracuse-man-arrested-following-a-traffic-pursuit-in-syracuse-and-crash-in-salina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=98586","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse man arrested following a traffic pursuit in Syracuse and crash in Salina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mekete-Jacob.jpg?resize=139%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mekete-Jacob.jpg?resize=139%2C150&amp;ssl=1 139w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mekete-Jacob.jpg?resize=277%2C300&amp;ssl=1 277w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mekete-Jacob.jpg?resize=400%2C433&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mekete-Jacob.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> <\/strong>On Dec. 27, 2018, at 1:43 a.m., troopers assigned to the Syracuse Initiative attempted to stop a 2003 GMC Envoy on I-690 near Thompson Road in Syracuse for speeding, 85 mph in a 55-mph zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver of the GMC Envoy, later identified as Jacob\nMekete, 22, of Syracuse, refused to stop and continued down I-690 to the\noff-ramp to Teall Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vehicle continued down several streets in Syracuse.\nMekete, at one point, turned off the headlights and taillights in an attempt to\nelude patrols. Mekete then turned onto Pleasantview Avenue, where he struck two\nvehicles parked in the driveway of 504 Pleasantview Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mekete then exited the vehicle and fled on foot; he was\nquickly apprehended by Syracuse Police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mekete of 637 DeWitt St., was charged with third-degree unlawfully\nfleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle (a class A misdemeanor), unlawful possession\nof marijuana (a violation), reckless driving (unclassified misdemeanor), fourth-degree\ncriminal mischief (a class A misdemeanor), second-degree obstruction of governmental\nadministration (a class A misdemeanor) and leaving the scene of a property\ndamage auto accident in Salina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mekete was transported to the Onondaga County Justice Center\npending centralized arraignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Dec. 27, 2018, at 1:43 a.m., troopers assigned to the Syracuse Initiative attempted to stop a 2003 GMC Envoy on I-690 near Thompson Road in Syracuse for speeding, 85 mph in a 55-mph zone. The driver of the GMC Envoy, later identified as Jacob Mekete, 22, of Syracuse, refused to stop and continued down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-pE6","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mekete-Jacob.jpg?fit=480%2C519&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}