Tuesday, April 16, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
By ANDY GARDNER CANTON -- Law enforcement agencies from around the county plus the state Attorney General’s Office will discuss Thursday’s large-scale drug raid at a press conference on Friday. …
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By ANDY GARDNER
CANTON -- Law enforcement agencies from around the county plus the state Attorney General’s Office will discuss Thursday’s large-scale drug raid at a press conference on Friday.
It will be at 11 a.m. at the St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility, Canton.
More than 100 arrest warrants were issued for suspects in St. Lawrence County, plus New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse and New Jersey, Sheriff Kevin Wells said.
Police have not yet released a list of suspects. Local law enforcement officials deferred comment to the state Attorney General’s Office and said they would release a statement sometime on Thursday. A press representative from the AG’s office said late on Thursday that there would be no statement in advance of Friday’s conference.
“This is a multi-agency investigation happening since August,” Wells said Thursday afternoon. “More than 100 warrants have been issued out of the long-term investigation with multiple agencies and the state Attorney General’s office.
“Today (Thursday) at this point there’s about 91 in custody in this county, New Jersey, Syracuse, NYC, Buffalo,” Wells said shortly after noon.
Wells said just about every law enforcement agency in St. Lawrence County was involved, plus federal authorities.
Massena police were serving arrest warrants all morning. Chief Adam Love said as of 12:45 p.m., his officers had hit 20 locations and arrested 31 people.
Early this morning in the village, a portion of Maple Street was temporarily blocked as officers raided a home there.
A militarized state police CERT team used an armored Bearcat vehicle to ram through the front door of 72 Maple St. while making the arrests. Two people were taken into custody at that address, Love said.
A video showing that is here. The vehicle goes through the door around the 1:45 mark. A closer view of the incident is here. Each contains language some may find objectionable.
Love said Massena police made their arrests without incident and received a positive reaction from people living near addresses where they were picking up suspects.
“Everything went well," Love said. "There were reactions with community members clapping, it was positive.”
