BULLETIN
Fleeing Car Hit
Deputy’s Cruiser
In Westbound Lane
By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – Sheriff’s Deputy Jim Mateunas was parked in the westbound lane of Route 20 in his Chevy Tacoma with his emergency lights flashing when Matthew All, fleeing state police in hot pursuit, plowed into the deputy’s cruiser at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at 115 mph, according to a just-completed press briefing at the Oneonta State Police Barracks.
Earlier reports had the cruiser on the side of the highway. There was no evidence All braked or tried to avoid the collision, County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. and Capt. Scott Hegelke of Troop C’s BCI unit said during the briefing.
The impact of All’s Buick LaCrosse pushed Mateunas’ SUV 200 feet, the equivalent of twice the length of the Oneonta barracks building on Oneida Street.
The autopsy showed All, 23, of Sharon Springs, was not intoxicated. The briefing revealed All and Robin Church, the woman he was arguing with in front of the Richfield Springs State Police Barracks before the chase ensued, had been co-workers at some point, and he had been “harassing” her for a year.
