99 NEWS FOR TUESDAY, 8/2/11

OHIO TEEN WANTED FOR STEALING GRANDFATHER'S CAR ARRESTED ON WARRANT IN ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY--Sheriff's Deputies arrested 17-year-old Garland Byers in late July on felony and misdemeanor stolen property possession counts alleging he possessed the stolen car in Gouverneur.  On Saturday, Byers was arrested at St.Lawrence County Jail on a warrant from Ohio charging him with crimes in that state related to the theft.  Byers was remanded back to jail without bail pending extradtion proceedings.

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PHONE SCAM IN COLTON AREA DISGUISED AS PITCH FOR COLTON FIRE AND RESCUE, RESCUE SQUAD SAYS IT'S BOGUS, THEY ONLY RAISE MONEY BY LETTER CAMPAIGN EARLY IN THE YEAR

23-YEAR-OLD WESLEY BELL OF NORWOOD ARRESTED ON FELONY ASSAULT AND MANY OTHER COUNTS ALLEGING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ARRAIGNED AND JAILED.  BELL ALLEGEDLY CHOKED THE WOMAN SO SEVERELY SHE NEARLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS

HANNAWA FALLS MAN CHARGED WITH FELONIES ALLEGING CHILD ABUSE, 24-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA TYO ARRESTED AFTER A TIP WAS RECEIVED FROM CANTON-POTSDAM HOSPITAL.  TYO RELEASED TO PROBATION UNTIL FUTURE COURT DATES

SUNY POTSDAM PRESIDENT SCHWALLER AND CLARKSON PRESIDENT COLLINS SAY TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM JOB GROWTH ARE HIGH-PRIORITY ITEMS IN NORTH COUNTRY ECON DEV INITIATIVE UNVEILED LAST WEEK BY GOVERNOR

CANTON TRUSTEES VOTE MONDAY TO JOIN TOWN COUNCIL, COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT FOR KEEPING SUNY CANTON PRESIDENT KENNEDY IN PLACE, AND NOT TO CONSOLIDATE THE POSITION WITH SUNY POTSDAM

PARISHVILLE MAN JAILED ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS, 35-YEAR-OLD ERIC WHITE ALLEGEDLY KICKED, PUNCHED, CHOKED FEMALE. 

DEKALB MAN ALLEGEDLY USED PHONY DOCUMENTS CLAIMING 32-HUNDRED DOLLAR DEBT WAS PAID.  39-YEAR-OLD SCOTT FENLONG CHARGED WITH FELONY GRAND LARCENY, ARRAIGNED AND RELEASED TO PROBATION