Dem Mayor Arrested After Hurling Illicit Drugs out Car Window During Police Chase

A small-town Democratic mayor and former police chief was charged with drug possession after a brief pursuit on Monday, authorities said.

Massena, New York, Mayor Timothy Currier, a Democrat and former 26-year chief of police, hurled one gram of crack cocaine out of his car window as detectives pursued him in connection to an undercover narcotics sting, according to a news release from the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office.

The mayor was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonious tampering with physical evidence and failure to comply with a police officer.