STATE POLICE INVESTIGATORS IN MASSENA SAY 20-YEAR-OLD ANDREW SNYDER ALLEGEDLY STRUCK THE BOY IN THE FACE. SNYDER WAS CHARGED WITH A CLASS “D” FELONY COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT ON A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 7, AND A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF ACTING IN MANNER INJURIOUS TO A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 17.

SNYDER WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE BRASHER TOWN JUSTICE JOHN BURNS AND REMANDED TO ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY CORRECTIONS IN LIEU OF 5-THOUSAND-DOLLARS CASH BAIL OR 10-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BAIL BOND. JUDGE BURNS ALSO ISSUED PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST SNYDER.

THE ARREST OF ANDREW SNYDER WAS THE THIRD ARREST MADE SINCE THE LAST WEEK IN DECEMBER BY MASSENA-BASED STATE POLICE IN SEPARATE CHILD ABUSE CASES. 26-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY OAKES OF NORFOLK WAS ARRESTED IN LATE DECEMBER ON TWO MISDEMEANOR CHARGES AND A VIOLATION ALLEGING HE ASSAULTED HIS 8-YEAR-OLD SON. 36-YEAR-OLD MARVIN WARD OF NORFOLK WAS ARRESTED ON TWO MISDEMEANORS AND A VIOLATION ALLEGING EXCESSIVE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF HIS 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.