Police Blotter

St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police blotter, July 22-Aug. 3:

On July 22, police ticketed Dorothy A. Smoke, 40, of Hogansburg for inadequate headlight. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 14.

On July 22, police picked up Logan J.W.S Cree, 18, of Hogansburg on a warrant. He was arraigned and remanded to the Franklin County Jail, Malone in lieu of $2,000 bail or $4,000 bond. He was to have returned to court on July 25, police said.

On July 24, police ticketed Spencer L. McDonald, 29, of Akwesasne, N.Y. for speeding (allegedly 54-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 14.

On July 25, police ticketed Dawson L. George, 18, of Akwesasne, N.Y. for speeding (allegedly 54-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 14.

On July 25, police ticketed Barbara A. Cook, 56, of Hogansburg for speeding (allegedly 60-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 14.

On July 25, police ticketed Ashton L. Arquette-Cross, 20, of Snye, Quebec for unlawful possession of marijuana. Ticket is returnable to Bombay Town Court on Aug. 15.

On July 25, police charged Cherish L. Cook-Benedict, 21, of St. Regis, Quebec with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, unlicensed operation and speeding (allegedly 51-35 mph zone). Tickets are returnable to Bombay Town Court on Aug. 22.

On July 27, police ticketed Frederick D. Heiserman, 33, of Brushton for trespassing. Ticket is returnable to Bombay Town Court on Aug. 22.

On July 28, police ticketed Mathew J. Horton, 23, of Kingston, Ontario for speeding (allegedly 53-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 21.

On July 29, police ticketed Scott M. Cleary, 54, of Massena for speeding (allegedly 65-45 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 14.

On July 30, police ticketed Louis Alexander Vencent, 42, of Kirkland, Quebec for speeding (allegedly 53-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 14.

On July 30, police charged Drew E. George, 24, of Cornwall Island, Ontario with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, unlicensed operation and unlawful possession of marijuana. Tickets are returnable to Bombay Town Court on Aug. 29.

On July 31, police ticketed Candida L. Tavernier, 44, of Massena for speeding (allegedly 63-45 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 28.

On Aug. 1, police picked up Shawn C. Lewis, 45, of Massena and Lacey N. Arquette, 28, of Hogansburg on separate warrants. They were arraigned and each remanded to the Franklin County Jail In lieu of $500 bail or $1,000 bond and with return dates in Bombay Town Court on Aug. 8.

On Aug. 2, police ticketed Carli Lafrance, 18, of Akwesasne, Ontario for speeding (allegedly 50-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 14.

On Aug. 2, police ticketed Cory J. Tarbell, 40, of Akwesasne, Ontario for failure to stop at a stop sign. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 22.

On Aug. 2, police ticketed Alain Simard, 63, of Longueuil, Quebec for speeding (allegedly 50-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal court on Aug. 28.

On Aug. 3, police ticketed Shyla J. Oakes, 23, of Akwesasne, N.Y. for inadequate headlight. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Aug. 21.

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A Columbian citizen has been sentenced to time served and will be removed from the country after pleading to transporting two Mexicans in Akwesasne who had illegally entered the United States, according to Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith.

Brayan Granados-Betancourt, 24, and a citizen of Colombia, was sentenced on Aug. 4 to time served (29 days in jail) for transporting two Mexican citizens who had illegally entered the United States from Canada.

As part of his guilty plea, Granados-Betancourt admitted that on July 7, he drove a rental car to the Akwesasne reservation in Hogansburg where he picked up the two Mexican citizens and drove them to Ellenburg. Acting on a civilian tip, U.S. Border Patrol stopped the car and arrested the three men, Jaquith said.

The Mexican citizens, who crossed from Canada into the United States by boat, were Granados-Betancourt’s acquaintances and he agreed to bring them to New York City. The Mexican citizens, Marcelo Chavez-Vera and Carlos Olivar-Varon, were each convicted on July 20 of illegal entry, a misdemeanor, Jaquith said.

Granados-Betancourt was in the United States on a visitor’s visa. Following his sentencing, he was remanded to the Department of Homeland Security for removal proceedings, Jaquith said.

This case was investigated by the United States Border Patrol and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Collyer.

UPDATE: AMPS APPREHENDS WANTED INDIVIDUAL

On Monday, August 7, 2017 at approximately 10:30am the Akwesasne Mohawk Police received a report that Christopher Merle Montgomery was seen on Kawehno:ke operating a green ATV. Montgomery was located by the Akwesasne Mohawk Police and apprehended.

Last week, on August 1, Montgomery fled on foot from AMPS and Ontario Provincial Police’s K9 unit. He was wanted by police for Breach of Probation and Obstruct Police. Montgomery was in custody pending a bail hearing that was to have taken place on Tuesday, August 8, 2017.