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PLATTSBURGH — A Plattsburgh man is accused of fraud. A report made Sept. 23 by Dannemora Federal Credit Union initiated an investigation that led to the arrest of James R. Guerin, 30, on Dec. 16. State Police charged him with third-degree grand larceny, a felony, for depositing a fraudulent check, then withdrawing $6,154.24 from the credit union, according to a press release. He was arraigned virtually Plattsburgh City Court and was sent to Clinton County Jail without bail due to previous convictions. According to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision inmate looku...

But the 28-year-old Lake Oswego man couldn’t pay his bail. Two days later he was found unresponsive in his cell, the subject of an apparent “non-suspicious suicide,” according to the initial law enforcement investigation. This week, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel confirmed Baksis’ identity, though the investigation into his cause of death continues. Hummel said he expects to release the findings from the investigation next week. “He was in the government’s custody and the family and the public deserve to know why he died,” Hummel said. â€�...