Deputies catch up with man accused of possessing meth last year Lewis County Sheriff s Department patrol car By 7 News Staff | January 29, 2021 at 7:48 AM EST - Updated January 29 at 7:50 AM
LOWVILLE, N.Y. (WWNY) - What started with a traffic stop in October ended in another traffic stop this week.
Lewis County sheriff’s deputies say 32-year-old Justin Waldron of Lowville was stopped in the town of Martinsburg on October 12 and they found packaging, scales, and what turned out to be 5.7 grams of methamphetamine.
After they got state lab results confirming the drug’s weight, deputies say they tried to contact Waldron several times.
LOWVILLE â An Onondaga County man died in the first fatal snowmobile crash of the season in Lewis County on Tuesday evening.
Jason Norfolk, 32, of Jordan, Onondaga County, was riding a 2021 MXZ TNT 600 snow machine on the North Road â trail C4F â in the town of West Turin at about 7:44 p.m. with two other sleds. He was the first in line on the trail when he lost control in a left-hand curve and âexited the trail and struck a tree,â according to the Lewis County Sheriffâs Office.
Mr. Norfolk was pronounced dead at the scene.
The sheriffâs office was assisted by state police, Constableville Ambulance, Lewis County Search and Rescue and Sullivanâs Towing.