Saturday, April 20, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
OGDENSBURG -- Three people in a Canton Street house were charged with numerous counts and taken into custody after police executing a search warrant found a “one pot” methamphetamine lab Friday …
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OGDENSBURG -- Three people in a Canton Street house were charged with numerous counts and taken into custody after police executing a search warrant found a “one pot” methamphetamine lab Friday afternoon.
Stephen J. Ashley, 34, Cassandra J. Ashley, 30, and Blane A. Fisher, 26, all of 533 Canton Street, were each charged with two counts of thid-degree unlawful manufacturing of methamphetamine (D felonies), two counts of endangering the welfare of a child (A misdemeanors), and one count ofseventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance: methamphetamine.
Fisher was also charged with two more counts of criminal possession of heroin and methadone.
All three suspects were being held in lockup at the Ogdensburg Police Department pending arraignment.
The active lab was discovered in the upstairs of the home, according to Ogdensburg 
Police Detective Daniel Mousaw. Once the lab was discovered, investigators evacuated all residents. At that time, the New York State Police Contaminated Crime Scene Response Team was summoned, as well as the City of Ogdensburg Fire Department stood by on scene. The lab's caustic and volatile liquid components were removed by the state police team. Once those items were secure, the Ogdensburg Police Department Narcotics Enforcement Unit and St. Lawrence County Drug Task Force members conducted a thorough search of the residence, turning up further lab components and drug evidence, Mousaw said.
The search warrant stems from a a narcotics investigation into the home and its residents.The probe is ongoing, and further arrests are possible, police said.
The Ogdensburg Police Department’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit was assisted by members of the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force, consisting of members from the Sheriff’s Office, Gouverneur Police Department, and the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations. The Ogdensburg Police Department was assisted by the New York State Police Contaminated Crime Scene Response Team and the City of Ogdensburg Fire Department.
