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LOWVILLE â A routine traffic stop led to misdemeanor DWI charges for a Lyons Falls man on Monday afternoon. Timothy A. Gorczyca, 61, of Center Street, was charged by the Lewis County Sheriffâs Office with driving while intoxicated and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Mr. Gorczyca was pulled over by sheriffâs deputies on Cherry Street when they smelled alcohol and saw an open Keystone Ice beer in the center console, according to the sheriffâs office. After failing field sobriety tests, Mr. Gorczycaâs blood alcohol content, or BAC, was found to be 0.12% when he was tested at the county Public Safety Building. ....
WATERTOWN â Kristopher C. Williams, 23, of 224 Palmer St., Apt. 603, was charged by city police Saturday with second-degree obstruction of governmental administration, resisting arrest, as well as a number of traffic and vehicle infractions. According to police records, Mr. Williams interfered with a valid traffic stop when he refused to identify himself to police and began throwing papers with personal information out of the vehicle in an attempt to prevent officers from seeing them. Once police tried to take Mr. Williams into custody, they say he flexed his arms, pulled away from the officers and put his arms under his body to avoid handcuffs. ....