CANTON POLICE SAY 21-YEAR-OLD JESSE MONTANYE ALLEGEDLY GOT IN THE TRUCK ABOUT 1 THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING WHEN IT WAS PARKED NEAR THE LOT OFF MINER STREET AND DROVE IT INTO THE FENCE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE BREAKING THROUGH ONTO THE STREET. HE TOOK THE TRUCK TO LINCOLN STREET, THEN DROVE IT OVER THE SIDEWALK AND OVER THE STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION WITH PARK STREET, THEN DROVE IT UP TO UNIVERSITY AVENUE, WHERE MONTANYE STRUCK A UTILITY POLE, SMASHING IT INTO PIECES. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND TOOK OFF.

MONTANYE WAS FOUND AT HIS APARTMENT ON DIES STREET; WHEN POLICE ARRIVED MONTANYE ALLEGEDLY FLED OUT OF A BACK WINDOW AND WAS CAUGHT IN THE YARD. SUNY CANTON UNIVERSITY POLICE, ST.LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SAFETY AND SECURITY, SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, AND THE US BORDER PATROL ASSISTED WITH THE ARREST.

MONTANYE FACES DWI, RECKLESS DRIVING AND MANY OTHER CHARGES IN ADDITION TO THE FELONIES. HE WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE CANTON TOWN JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER CURLEY AND RELEASED TO APPEAR MARCH 20^TH.

POLICE CHIEF VICTOR RYCROFT SAID THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING MORE CHARGES AGAINST MONTANYE ARE PENDING THE RESULTS OF AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

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AN OGDENSBURG MAN WANTED AS A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE WAS SENT BACK TO STATE PRISON, AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN POTSDAM EARLIER THIS MONTH.

27-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER TROMBLEY OF COUNTY ROUTE 6 WAS ARRESTED FEBRUARY 15^TH AFTER AN OBSERVANT OFF-DUTY CANTON VILLAGE POLICE OFFICER SAW HIM SHOPPING AT THE POTSDAM WAL-MART. TOMBLEY WAS THE SUBJECT OF A WARRANT FROM OGDENSBURG CITY POLICE, AND WAS ALSO WANTED BY VILLAGE POLICE FOR FALSE PERSONATION AND PETIT LARCENY. THAT WARRANT WAS THE RESULT OF A SHOPLIFTING ARREST AT THE CANTON PRICE CHOPPER STORE JANUARY 17^TH, WHEN TROMBLEY ALLEGEDLY GAVE POLICE A FALSE NAME. HIS TRUE IDENTITY WAS REVEALED THROUGH FINGERPRINTS.

TROMBLEY WAS PICKED UP BY STATE POLICE FEBRUARY 15TH, ARRAIGNED AND JAILED. HE WAS FOUND TO ALLEGEDLY POSSESS NARCOTICS, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AND MARIJUANA. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CLINTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN DANNEMORA TO SERVE THE REMAINING SENTENCE FOR THE OGDENSBURG CHARGES.

TROMBLEY NOW ALSO FACES DRUG CHARGES IN THE TOWN OF POTSDAM.

STATE POLICE, THE ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE AND SUNY POTSDAM UNIVERSITY POLICE ASSISTED WITH THE TROMBLEY INVESTIGATION.

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AN INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN AFTER A COMPLAINT OF PORNOGRAPHY FOUND IN LATE JANUARY BEHIND RESIDENCES ON WOODS DRIVE IN CANTON LED TO THE ARREST OF A VILLAGE MAN.

INTERIM CANTON POLICE CHIEF VICTOR RYCROFT SAYS 31-YEAR-OLD ADAM GARDAM WAS CHARGED WITH A FELONY COUNT OF POSSESSING AN OBSCENE SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD AS THE RESULT OF THEIR INVESTIGATION WITH THE HELP OF MASSENA-BASED FEDERAL HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATORS. THE SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT IMAGES OF MINORS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF UNDRESS APPEARED TO BE PRINTED OFF A HOME COMPUTER. LEADS RESULTED IN A SEARCH WARRANT BEING EXECUTED AT GARDAM'S APARTMENT AT 33 EAST MAIN STREET. COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, A CAMERA, AND OTHER ELECTRONICS WERE SEIZED AND TURNED OVER TO THE FEDS. GARDAM ALLEGEDLY HAD 38 IMAGES OF CHILD PORN.

GARDAM WAS ARRAIGNED AND RELEASED TO PROBATION SUPERVISION UNTIL FUTURE COURT DATES.

RYCROFT SAYS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, WITH MORE CHARGES POSSIBLE.