Chester County Man Sentenced To Two Years Of Imprisonment For Fleeing From Federal Park Rangers

SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on August 14, 2019, Jeffrey J. Steigelmann III, age 27, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment, by United States District Court Judge James M. Munley, for fleeing from a law enforcement official.

According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Steigelmann fled from National Park Service Rangers in the Delaware Valley Water Gap Recreation Area on October 21, 2018, in an automobile.  After a lengthy high-speed chase, he was ultimately apprehended in Port Jervis, New York, after attempting to drive through a police barricade and puncturing his tires.  Law enforcement recovered heroin and marijuana from Steigelmann’s vehicle.

Another individual involved in the incident, Saul Rivkin, age 55, of Chester County, pleaded guilty on July 2, 2019, to fleeing from National Park Service Rangers.  Rivkin is awaiting sentencing.

The investigation was conducted by the National Park Service Rangers and other state and local law enforcement officials.  Assistant United States Attorney Phillip J. Caraballo is prosecuting the case. 

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