NORWICH – A man who allegedly attempted to steal prescription narcotics from a pharmacy in the City of Norwich appeared in Chenango County Court this week.

Jeffrey Scott Cabral, 27, of South New Berlin, was in Chenango County Court with Public Defender John Cameron for his scheduled court date this past Monday morning.

Cabral had recently been arraigned in the City of Norwich Court before Judge James Downey. However, due to his charges holding felony level weight, his matter was transferred to County Court to appear before Chenango County Court Judge Frank B. Revoir Jr.

The underlying alleged incident occurred on Monday, April 4, 2016, at approximately 11:10 a.m. The Norwich Police Department received a call from the Chenango County Sheriff's Office 911 Center regarding a situation where it was initially reported the suspect may have been armed with a handgun, yet this was found to not be the case.

According to the Norwich Police, a citizen called the 911 Center and reported they were following the suspect’s vehicle at that time. The unnamed citizen stayed on the phone with the 911 Center and continued to report locations and directions of travel, which allowed a New York State Trooper to locate Cabral and his vehicle on Ranch Lane, near Sunset Drive in the Town of South New Berlin.

With a variety of additional law enforcement officers on the scene, Cabral was eventually taken into custody roughly 40-minutes after being located.