{"id":7576,"date":"2013-03-25T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=7576"},"modified":"2013-03-29T11:58:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T15:58:28","slug":"afternoon-read-crime-in-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/03\/25\/afternoon-read-crime-in-the-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon read: Crime in the Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crime scene tape. Photo: Tex Texin<\/a> CC some rights reserved<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Hello, and happy Monday!<\/p>\n

In my perusal of our local papers, I often come across crime stories, and for whatever reason, I notice the greatest number of these in the Watertown Daily Times. Today’s Afternoon Read is a roundup of some of today’s crime writeups. No names have been changed to protect the innocent (at least not by me), although I’m not printing people’s names here as the Times does.<\/p>\n

Here goes, in no particular order:<\/p>\n

An Evans Mills man is accused of choking his wife “during a dispute.”<\/a> The man has been charged with second-degree harassment and “criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation.” Police say he also pushed and punched his wife during the “dispute.”<\/p>\n

In Massena, a Potsdam woman is charged with aggravated harassment <\/a>after she allegedly called her ex-boyfriend 41 times in an hour, and subsequently drove to his house, shouted and banged on the door.<\/p>\n

An Albany woman is being held on drug charges at Cape Vincent Correctional Facility:<\/a> The woman seems to have been doing all sorts of (somewhat unclear thanks to legal lingo) things with drugs, such as “first degree introduction of dangerous contraband”, “seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance”, and unlawful possession of marijuana. Apparently she was found with some Oxycodone tablets and marijuana in her pocket while visiting the prison this weekend.<\/p>\n

A Watertown Man is charged with second-degree criminal mischief<\/a> (that’s a felony) after police say he punched out two windows and caused $2,000 in damage early Sunday morning on Main Street.<\/p>\n

A Watertown cab driver has been charged with providing alcohol to an underaged man<\/a> (he was 20 and is identified as “of Fort Drum,” so presumably he’s a servicemember). It’s interesting, that intersection of legal drinking age and legal age to be in the military.<\/p>\n

Check forging! A Watertown woman has been charged<\/a> with fourth-degree grand larceny and three counts of second-degree forgery after fake-signing three checks with someone else’s name on them. The total amount of the forgery was $1,300.<\/p>\n

An 18-year-old Lacona man is charged<\/a> with second-degree criminal trespass after entering an apartment in Sandy Creek without permission.<\/p>\n

OK, here’s the one that really got me: Two South Jefferson Central School students, 15 and 13, are facing charges after allegedly having sexual intercourse at school.<\/a> They are both charged with sexual misconduct and endangering the welfare of a child. I was very unclear on how this constitutes a crime, so I looked it up. Here’s the law<\/a> (this is a misdemeanor, by the way.) It seems the most relevant part is the first one (emphasis mine.)<\/p>\n

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A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when:\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.\u00a0 He or she knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the<\/strong>\r\n\u00a0 physical, mental or moral welfare of a child less than\u00a0 seventeen\u00a0 years<\/strong>\r\n\u00a0 old\u00a0 or\u00a0 directs\u00a0 or\u00a0 authorizes\u00a0 such\u00a0 child to engage in an occupation<\/strong>\r\n\u00a0 involving a substantial risk of danger to his or her life or health; or<\/strong>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged\u00a0 with\u00a0 the\r\n\u00a0 care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he or she fails\r\n\u00a0 or refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such child\r\n\u00a0 to\u00a0 prevent\u00a0 him\u00a0 or\u00a0 her\u00a0 from becoming an \"abused child,\" a \"neglected\r\n\u00a0 child,\" a \"juvenile delinquent\" or a \"person in need of supervision,\" as\r\n\u00a0 those terms are defined in articles ten, three and seven of\u00a0 the\u00a0 family\r\n\u00a0 court act.\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3. A person is not guilty of the provisions of this section when he or\r\n\u00a0 she\u00a0 engages\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 conduct\u00a0 described\u00a0 in subdivision one of section\r\n\u00a0 260.00 of this article: (a) with the intent to wholly abandon the\u00a0 child\r\n\u00a0 by relinquishing responsibility for and right to the care and custody of\r\n\u00a0 such\u00a0 child;\u00a0 (b)\u00a0 with\u00a0 the intent that the child be safe from physical\r\n\u00a0 injury and cared for in an appropriate manner; (c)\u00a0 the\u00a0 child\u00a0 is\u00a0 left\r\n\u00a0 with an appropriate person, or in a suitable location and the person who\r\n\u00a0 leaves\u00a0 the child promptly notifies an appropriate person of the child's\r\n\u00a0 location; and (d) the child is not more than thirty days old.<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Also, a former Walmart Supercenter employee is accused of falsifying return slips<\/a> to the tune of more then $2,000; a Watertown woman is charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest<\/a> (by walking in the street and laying on the ground, respectively);\u00a0 a Brasher Falls woman is charged with stealing $15 in gas<\/a>; A Gouverneur teen (17) is charged with possessing a stolen cell phone<\/a>; a Calcium man is charged with issuing a bad check to his vet’s office<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I think that’s it. Rough weekend. And hey, be careful out there.<\/p>\n
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