MASSENA-BASED STATE POLICE SAY 26-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY OAKES ALLEGEDLY GRABBED HIS 8-YEAR-OLD SON BY HIS COAT, THREW HIM ONTO A MATTRESS LYING ON THE FLOOR, AND GRABBED THE BOY BY THE THROAT. OAKES WAS CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING OR BLOOD CIRCULATION AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD, PLUS A SECOND-DEGREE HARASSMENT VIOLATION. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THE ARREST WAS MADE LATE THURSDAY MORNING

OAKES WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE UNTIL A FUTURE APPEARANCE IN NORFOLK TOWN COURT.

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 A WASHINGTON, DC-AREA TEEN WAS JAILED FRIDAY ON CHARGES RELATED TO AN ALLEGEDLY-DRUNKEN VEHICLE ENCOUNTER WITH TROOPERS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF OGDENSBURG.

STATE POLICE ARRESTED 18-YEAR-OLD POTOMAC, MARYLAND RESIDENT RYAN MUNDORF ON A FELONY COUNT OF FIRST DEGREE RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, AND A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF DWI. TROOPERS SAY MUNDORF WAS SPOTTED ALLEGEDLY TURNING “DONUTS” IN THE SNOWY PARKING LOT OF OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY ABOUT 2:35 FRIDAY MORNING. MUNDORF WAS STOPPED AND TOLD TO LEAVE; HE ALLEGEDLY TOOK OFF AND STRUCK A TROOPER IN THE PROCESS. THE TROOPER WAS NOT HURT. MUNDORF ALLEGEDLY SPED OUTSIDE THE CITY ON ROUTE 812, AND LOST CONTROL WHEN HE TRIED TO TURN ONTO DELANEY ROAD IN THE TOWN OF OSWEGATCHIE, TAKING THE VEHICLE OFF THE PAVEMENT INTO THE SNOW. MUNDORF ALLEGEDLY REFUSED TO TAKE A BREATHALYZER TEST.

MUNDORF WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE TOWN JUSTICE MICHAEL HEBERT AND SENT TO ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY CORRECTIONS ON 10-THOUSAND-DOLLARS CASH BAIL OR 20-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BAIL BOND.