CANTON-BASED STATE POLICE INVESTIGATORS SAY 23-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BESAW ALLEGEDLY HAD RELATIONS WITH A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL, IN AN ENCOUNTER REPORTED JANUARY 29TH. THE RELATIONS WERE NOT FORCIBLE.

BESAW WAS CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE RAPE AND A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF ACTING IN A MANNER INJURIOUS TO A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 17. HE WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE DEKALB JUSTICE HOWARD PUTNEY AND REMANDED TO THE ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY LOCKUP ON 5-THOUSAND-DOLLARS CASH BAIL OR 10-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BAIL BOND.