16-05-2025
Four arrested after St. Lawrence Co. raid finds drugs, weapons
TOWN OF BRASHER, N.Y. (WWTI) – Four Town of Brasher residents are facing a number of drugs and weapons charges after a multiple agency raid earlier this month.
According to the St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Department, authorities executed a search warrant on Thursday, May 8 at 1148 State Route 37C in the town of Brasher.
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Sheriff's officials arrested 26-year-old Michael Labarr, 46-year-old Stewart Deshane, 26-year-old Devin Johnson and 50-year-old Jessica Deshane.
The subsequent search recovered 13 long guns, an AR-style short-barreled riffle ghost gun, brass knuckles, a high-capacity magazine, a small amount of cocaine, drug paraphernalia and packing material.
Here are the following charges that all four people are facing:
Second, third and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon
Seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance
St. Lawrence County Sheriff's were assisted by the TRI-County Special Response Team, consisting of officers from Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties Sheriff's departments, the Ticonderoga Police Department and Malone Police Department.
Additional assistance came from the St. Lawrence County Drug Task Force, Massena Police Department, Canton Police Department, Ogdensburg Police Department and New York State Polcie.
All four parties were arraigned in the Canton Town Court. Labarr was remanded on $50,00 cash/$100,000 bond to the St. Lawrence County Jail.
Stewart Deshane and Johnson were remanded to the St. Lawrence County Jail on $5,000 cash/$10,000 bond while Jessica Deshane was released on her own recognizance.
All four subjects are scheduled to appear in court at a later date.
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