STATE POLICE IN MASSENA SAY 21-YEAR-OLD WILL REMIGIO WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN SUNDAY MORNING WHEN TROOPERS RECEIVED A REPORT ABOUT SOMEONE'S VEHICLE BEING TAKEN WITHOUT PERMISSION. INFORMATION CAME ABOUT FOUR HEADSTONES BEING DAMAGED AT THE CEMETERY AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAROLINE STREET AND ROUTE 345. INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO LINK THE VEHICLE CASE TO THE HEADSTONE DAMAGE. REMIGIO WAS PICKED UP AT 200 MAIN STREET IN THE VILLAGE OF POTSDAM.

REMIGIO WAS CHARGED WITH A FELONY COUNT OF CEMETERY DESECRATION FOR DAMAGE IN EXCESS OF 250 DOLLARS, A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, PLUS MOTOR VEHICLE INFRACTIONS OF IMPRUDENT SPEED AND LEAVING THE SCENE OF A PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT.

REMIGIO WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE POTSDAM TOWN JUSTICE SAM CHARLESON AND COMMITTED TO ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY CORRECTIONS ON 1000 DOLLARS CASH BAIL OR 2-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BAIL BOND. HE WAS STILL IN CUSTODY LATE THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.