A Cumberland County man led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase with speeds reaching 100 mph that started in New York and ended in Scranton with his arrest.
Diriki Birden, of 16 Carlton Ave., Carlisle, faces charges of fleeing from law enforcement during an incident that began Tuesday in Binghamton, New York.
District Judge Alyce Farrell denied him bail at an arraignment the same day.
According to the criminal complaint, at about 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, the Binghamton Police Department responded to the report of shots fired into an occupied house during a domestic dispute in the city.
Responding officers soon learned the suspect, later identified as Birden, fled the scene in a stolen Hyundai Santa Fe. Officers later located Birden and attempted to stop him as he was fleeing on Interstate 81 south, but he failed to stop.
When Birden, 53, crossed the state line, Pennsylvania State Police joined the chase, ultimately using a precision immobilization technique (PIT) to stop the fleeing vehicle on I-81 in Scranton. The maneuver forced the car to abruptly turn 180 degrees, stall and then stop.
Birden got out of the car and state police approached. He tensed up and wouldn’t provide his hands to troopers, who forcibly placed him in handcuffs.
Birden faces a felony charge of fleeing and eluding police officers, as well as charges of recklessly endangering another person and resisting law enforcement.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. on March 3 before District Judge Alyce Farrell.