North Country Briefs
Police: Sandy Creek man
fled patrol at 90 mph
A Sandy Creek man led a Jefferson County sheriff's patrol on an estimated 90-mph chase Sunday morning because he was wanted on warrants in Oswego County, according to the sheriff's office.
Daniel P. Letiecq, 37, is now free on bail of $1,000 posted in Jefferson County and $775 in Oswego County.
A sheriff's patrol attempted to halt his northbound vehicle about 6:15 a.m. on Route 3 in the town of Ellisburg because a computer check revealed it was bearing stolen license plates, deputies said.
After he accelerated, he failed to negotiate a left turn at Pierrepont Place, drove through a field, then returned to Route 3, heading south. He stopped a short time later and gave up, deputies said, and was arrested on charges of unlawfully fleeing police, fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and speeding at 90 mph in a 55-mph speed zone.
Following arraignment before Henderson Town Justice Michael Yonkovig, he was turned over to Oswego city police, who held a warrant charging fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, and to the Oswego County Sheriff's Department, which had a Family Court warrant charging him with failure to make support payments.
Police: Watertown men
had illegal drugs in car
Watertown police said two men illegally possessed prescription drugs during a vehicle stop early Monday in the 600 block of State Street.
Thomas M. Rosen Jr., 22, and Matthew A. Cisco, 25, both of 438 S. Pleasant St., are charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police said they had Valium and Suboxone, which is prescribed for the treatment of opiate addiction.
Mr. Rosen additionally was charged with having insufficient license plates, having loud exhaust, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and unlawful possession of marijuana.
The weapon was a metal club that was placed between the driver's door and seat, police said.
Clayton resident charged
with harassing another
CLAYTON — Samuel J. Matthews, 52, of 33656 Clayton Center Road, was charged Sunday afternoon by state police with second-degree harassment and was released without bail by Clayton Town Justice Clarence F. Giles Jr.
He awaits prosecution for allegedly punching George Paddock, 76, of 35948 Route 12, in connection with a domestic dispute, police said.
Sackets Harbor woman
injured Sunday in fall
A 90-year-old woman was listed as stable Monday at Samaritan Medical Center after she suffered a possible hip injury in an accident about 11 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot at Burrville Cider Mill.
State police said Carolyn F. Phillips, 225 Mill Creek Road, Sackets Harbor, had just gotten out of a car operated by Lester C. Daymont, 61, of 125 Mill Creek Road. When Mr. Daymont pulled his car ahead to park it, he was unaware that Mrs. Phillips was still holding on to the door handle, and she fell to the pavement, police said.
2 Adams Center children
hurt in accident with ATV
LORRAINE — A small girl, younger than 2 years old, climbed aboard a parked all-terrain vehicle late Sunday afternoon and apparently moved the stick shift, sending the machine into a backward roll and striking two other children about the same age, according to state police.
The injured children, identified as Mackenzie J. Wagoner and Skiler R. Gutierrez, both of Adams Center, were driven in a private vehicle from the accident scene, a wooded area on private property at 2577 County Route 95, to a rendezvous with South Jefferson Ambulance. Mackenzie, with chest pains, and Skiler, with hip and leg injuries, were treated at Samaritan Medical Center Watertown, and released, police said.
Troopers did not identify the girl who set the ATV into its free roll on a hill. There were no witnesses to the accident, police said. The private-vehicle transport was made by Jeffery Zehr, 28, Michael Road, Adams Center, police said.
Tennessee man charged
in Sandy Pond incident
SANDY CREEK — A former Sandy Pond man was extradited from Tennessee to face an allegation that he possessed without a prescription a pain medication given to cancer patients.
The arrest of Russell J. Plummer, 20, Clarksville, Tenn., stems from the investigation into the death of a 21 year-old man in August 2008 at Sandy Pond, police said.
He was released on $2,500 bail Thursday in Oswego County Court, and awaits prosecution on a charge of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Mr. Plummer was found possessing Fentanyl patches at his home during the death investigation, police said. The death occurred during a party, and was determined to have been from a drug overdose, an investigator said, but it was undetermined if the consumed drug was Fentanyl, he added.
The name of the deceased person was not revealed. The investigation was opened Aug. 3, 2008.
