LOWVILLE â A Port Leyden man charged with drunk driving allegedly caused damage to the Lewis County Public Safety Building resulting in an additional charge.
Joshua D. Rogers, 35, was charged with common law driving while intoxicated, felony first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and misdemeanor fourth-degree criminal mischief along with a number of traffic violations including driving an unregistered, uninsured, uninspected vehicle with improper plates.
According to the Lewis County Sheriffâs Office, Mr. Rogers was in an accident on North Street in Port Leyden on the night of July 17 when he was charged with DWI and taken to the Lewis County Public Safety Building.
LOWVILLE — Jay M. Augustyn, 31, of Castorland, was charged by Lewis County sheriff’s deputies Wednesday with second-degree criminal contempt and a number of traffic infractions after deputies found he
Watertown Daily Times LOWVILLE A state trooper based in Watertown has been suspended after he was charged over the weekend with sexual abuse, burglary and driving while intoxicated. James R. Chartrand, 41, of Copenhagen, was suspended without pay after Lewis County sheriff’s deputies arrested him on Saturday, according to a state police spokesman. The spokesman said Chartrand has been a trooper since 2003 and was most recently part of Troop D in Watertown. According to NY Databases, Chartrand’s salary was $131,371.40 as of 2017 the latest information available. Deputies said at about 5 a.m. Saturday, they stopped Chartrand in Copenhagen after a reported burglary complaint from a residence on Pine Grove Road in the town of Watson, which listed the suspect’s vehicle as a blue Ford F150 that left traveling toward Lowville. Chartrand was stopped, as his vehicle matched the description, and he was found to be allegedly operating it while intoxicated.