EDWARDS - Robert W. Deacon, 29, of Jordanville, was arrested by St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Deputies Friday after being found with 190 packets of heroin in his car.

Mr. Deacon was stopped at a road safety checkpoint on Route 24 when deputies’ drug-sniffing dog alerted officers to the vehicle.

He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell in the third degree, a felony. He was also charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

He was arraigned in Fowler Town Court and taken to the St. Lawrence County Jail, Canton, where he was held without bail.

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