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OGDENSBURG — Following a Tuesday morning lockout at two city schools, a father and son were arrested for allegedly making kidnapping and ransom threats. Ogdensburg police charged William J. Larock, 51, and Michael J. Larock, 33, both of Canton Street, with one count each of second-degree attempted grand larceny and first-degree coercion, both felonies. Police said no active danger was posed to Ogdensburg Free Academy or Madill Elementary School, but that lockouts were a precautionary measure. City police were assisted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations and the St....

CANTON — Jerry A. Yerden, 34, of Ogdensburg and currently an inmate at St. Lawrence County jail, Canton, was charged by St. Lawrence County sheriff’s 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...