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St.

Lawrence County
Sheriff’s Office
Public Safety Complex
48 Court Street, Canton New York, 13617
Phone: (315) 379-2222
Administration Phone: (315) 379-2365

Brooks J. Bigwarfe Sean P. O’Brien


Sheriff Undersheriff

Correctional Facility Civil Division


Peggy Harper- Jail Administrator Mike MacCue- Chief Civil Officer
(315) 379-2367 (315) 379-2221

To: All Media Outlets

From: Sheriff Brooks J. Bigwarfe

Date: 03/07/2023

Re: Homicide Investigation

_____________________________________________________________________________________

St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Detectives have charged Adam W. Smith


(46) of Lake Placid, with Murder in the 2nd Degree (A-1 Felony) after
investigating an incident that occurred on 03/01/2023 at the address of
258 County Route 10 in the Town of Rossie. Deputies were initially called
to the residence on 03/02/2023 at approximately 2:18 pm for a body that
was located inside that residence. Upon their arrival Deputies found
William Freeman (67) of Rossie NY deceased inside with stab wounds to his
body.
On 03/02/2023 at approximately 5:00 pm Smith was apprehended by law
enforcement in Freeman’s 2018 Chevrolet Silverado in Jefferson county
on interstate 81 northbound near the Bradley Off ramp.
With the ongoing investigation, The St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office
is being assisted by the New York State Police, The Office of Homeland
Security, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Watertown Police
Department, The North Country Crime Analysis Center, and the St.
Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office.

Smith was arraigned by Rossie Town Justice Phillip Gentile and remanded
to the SLCCF without bail.

- Serving Since 1818 -

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