North Country Briefs
Man charged with stealing
other's debit card, jewelry
A Fort Drum man was jailed Sunday on allegations that he stole and used another Fort Drum resident's debit card.
Errick J. Brown, 29, also is accused by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department of selling jewelry that also was stolen from the victim.
He was arraigned before LeRay Town Justice George E. Mead III on third-degree counts of identity theft and unlawful possession of personal identification information, and fourth- and fifth-degree counts of criminal possession of stolen property. With bail set at $2,500, he remained Monday in the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building.
According to documents filed with the court, Mr. Brown on Aug. 18 and Aug. 23 sold four jewelry items belonging to David Braaf, Fort Drum, at Cash for Gold, Salmon Run Mall, for an undisclosed amount. On Sept. 14 and again the next day, he used Mr. Braaf's debit card and codes to make cash withdrawals from an ATM at Fort Drum, the documents also allege. The theft total was not revealed.
Mr. Brown awaits grand jury action.
Official calls Adams blaze
at warehouse 'suspicious'
ADAMS — No accidental causes have been found for the fire that erupted Sunday night in the former Greenley Fuel Co. warehouse on Phelps Street, according to Joseph D. Plummer, Jefferson County director of fire and emergency management.
The blaze therefore is considered suspicious, he said Monday.
Flames erupted inside the long-abandoned structure, near the front, he said. Firefighters from Adams, Adams Center and Lorraine doused flames within about 45 minutes.
Mr. Plummer said that although officials doubt there is a connection between Sunday's fire and two suspicious fires during October in Watertown, they are not ready to rule out the possibility. He was referring to fires Oct. 27 at 502 Water St., where a building was destroyed, and Thursday night at 103 Pearl St., where two wooden boats burned and the roof was damaged.
Troopers say man drove
without license, had pot
LOUISVILLE — Ian J. Johns, 24, Waddington, was charged by state police with driving without a license, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and unlawful possession of marijuana at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Louisville.
He was stopped on Route 37 and a check found he had no driver's license. A small amount of marijuana was also found in his possession, troopers said.
Man accused of breaking
into arena, stealing cash
MASSENA — A Norfolk man is accused of breaking into the Louisville Arena four times last month and stealing cash.
John P. Maxwell, 21, was charged Sunday with four counts of third-degree burglary and single count of possession of burglar tools, a state police investigator said.
He was arraigned in Norfolk Town Court and released.
Police: Watertown man
'mooned' woman, teens
A man's "moon shot" has earned for him a summons to City Court.
Jamie M. Doyle, 43, of 165 Union St., was charged Sunday afternoon with disorderly conduct on allegations that he lowered his pants to expose his buttocks to a woman and her son and daughter, both teenagers, according to Watertown police.
Alexandria Bay man jailed
on felony contempt count
ALEXANDRIA BAY — Richard L. Story, 50, of 2 Walton St., Apt. 3, was arrested by village police Sunday night on a charge of felony criminal contempt.
He was being held Monday in the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building, Watertown, with bail set at $1,000 by Alexandria Town Justice Sherrry L. Pennington.
Police said he is accused of violating an order of protection by making a death threat to Cassandra Woodard, same address.
She and two other residents of the same household are named as protected parties in the court documents. One of those is Nancy L. Ayen, police said.
Mr. Story in October 2008 also was charged with felony criminal contempt on a complaint filed by Ms. Ayen. The charge was satisfied with his guilty plea to third-degree assault, according to the Jefferson County district attorney's office, and he is serving a sentence of three years' probation.
Calcium man charged
with trespassing in city
Watertown police charged a Calcium man Sunday with second-degree criminal trespass in connection with an incident Thursday night.
Douglas W. Giem, 32, of 24363 Route 11, is accused of entering without permission the apartment of Susan R. Moore at 143 E. Division St., according to police.
Man accused of stealing
items at Dollar General
Dominic A. Rima, 29, of 104 Breen Ave., Apt. 206, was charged by city police Sunday night with petit larceny in an alleged shoplifting incident at Dollar General, 1222 Arsenal St.
He faces prosecution in City Court after being accused of taking items selling for a total of $32, police said.
Police say woman wrote
bad $62 check to Big M
ADAMS — Jody M. Fierce, 39, of 15984 VanWormer Road, Mannsville, is summoned to town of Adams Court to face a charge that she issued a bad check, according to state police.
Police allege that she bounced a $62.95 check at Rod's Big M.
