Blotter: St. Lawrence County police activity for Monday, May 17
CANTON â Jerry A. Yerden, 34, of Ogdensburg and currently an inmate at St. Lawrence County jail, Canton, was charged by St. Lawrence County sheriffâs deputies Friday with first-degree promoting prison contraband and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police allege Mr. Yerden was in possession of the controlled substance Suboxone while incarcerated in county jail. He was held on the contraband charge on $100 cash bail or $200 bond. Mr. Yerden is also being held without bail on kidnapping, strangulation, criminal contempt and conspiracy charges related to an...