UNLICENSED OPERATOR - POTSDAM - Village police ticketed Mindi S. McClare, 18, of Richville for operation of a vehicle with inadequate headlights and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle following a traffic stop at 1:17 a.m. Saturday on Maple Street.

AGGRAVATED DWI - POTSDAM - Village police charged Walter A. Bush, 36, of Norfolk with aggravated driving while intoxicated following a traffic stop at 9:39 p.m. Saturday on Maple Street. He was also ticketed for failure to keep right and operating a motor vehicle while using mobile device.

Bush reportedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.26 percent, more than three times the 0.08 BAC that constitutes a driving while intoxicated offense in New York state.

Police said an officer observed a vehicle fail to keep right while the operator was on a cell phone; The stop led to the DWI charge.

The Police Blotter

Saturday, May 26. 2012

0117 Traffic stop on Maple Street. Tickets issued.

0140 New York State Police request a patrol respond to a burglary alarm at a business outside the village. Patrol responded.

0209 Officer observed a subject acting disorderly behind La Casbah. Verbal warning was issued.

0224 Traffic stop on Maple Street. Verbal warning issued.

0906 Patrol dispatched to a report of vandalism on Bay Street.

1000 Alarm activation reported in the basement of the Civic Center.

1132 Patrols dispatched to Canton-Potsdam Hospital to return a suicidal patient to the facility who has left the building. Patient was located on Waverly Street and returned.

1644 Potsdam Rescue and patrols dispatched to a call at Debra Drive.

2139 Traffic stop on Maple Street. Arrest made for driving while intoxicated.

2218 Received a report of a lawn mower driving on Sandstone Drive with no lights on.

2224 Dispatched Potsdam Rescue to a call.

2226 Received a report of a bat in a residence. Officer responded.

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