Man tied to steroids case gets approval to remove device on ankle
Posted: October 11, 2015 By Valerie Rowell Columbia County Bureau
The brother of a man who accused sheriff’s office personnel of illegal steroid use is allowed to remove an ankle monitor put on him as part of a bond on making terroristic threats charges.
Superior Court Judge Michael Annis ruled Tuesday that Cameron “Ryan” Paquette, 35, could remove the ankle monitor put on him as a condition of his bond.
“It does encumber your business and you have a family,” Annis said. “All of the other conditions still remain in full force. The only thing that is coming off is the requirement that you wear the ankle monitor.”
Paquette, whose brother Brandon was at the center of an investigation into illegal steroid use by deputies, was arrested on Oct. 23 on two counts of making terroristic threats and was initially held without bond. After more than 40 days in the Columbia County Detention Center, a judge granted a $20,000 bond for Paquette, who must refrain from contact with any of the witnesses or those associated with the case.
Paquette is accused of threatening to rape the wife of a sheriff’s officer in front of him before bashing in the officer’s head – a threat he repeated on tape to Richmond County narcotics investigator Joel Danko. Authorities said Paquette believed Danko was part of the investigation of his brother.
“He was extremely angry, very mad,” Paquette’s attorney, Scott Connell, said at the hearing in Columbia County. “(He) said something he should have never said.”
But Paquette never followed through on any of the threats and never made any contact with those he threatened, even when he had the opportunity, Connell said.
Connell said the ankle monitor, which Paquette had worn without incident for about 11 months, causes problems with his business and potential clients as well as keeps him from coaching his children’s athletic teams.
“Issues and humiliation have come his way (because of the monitor),” Connell said.
Paquette has yet to face the charges.
Posted: October 11, 2015 By Valerie Rowell Columbia County Bureau
The brother of a man who accused sheriff’s office personnel of illegal steroid use is allowed to remove an ankle monitor put on him as part of a bond on making terroristic threats charges.
Superior Court Judge Michael Annis ruled Tuesday that Cameron “Ryan” Paquette, 35, could remove the ankle monitor put on him as a condition of his bond.
“It does encumber your business and you have a family,” Annis said. “All of the other conditions still remain in full force. The only thing that is coming off is the requirement that you wear the ankle monitor.”
Paquette, whose brother Brandon was at the center of an investigation into illegal steroid use by deputies, was arrested on Oct. 23 on two counts of making terroristic threats and was initially held without bond. After more than 40 days in the Columbia County Detention Center, a judge granted a $20,000 bond for Paquette, who must refrain from contact with any of the witnesses or those associated with the case.
Paquette is accused of threatening to rape the wife of a sheriff’s officer in front of him before bashing in the officer’s head – a threat he repeated on tape to Richmond County narcotics investigator Joel Danko. Authorities said Paquette believed Danko was part of the investigation of his brother.
“He was extremely angry, very mad,” Paquette’s attorney, Scott Connell, said at the hearing in Columbia County. “(He) said something he should have never said.”
But Paquette never followed through on any of the threats and never made any contact with those he threatened, even when he had the opportunity, Connell said.
Connell said the ankle monitor, which Paquette had worn without incident for about 11 months, causes problems with his business and potential clients as well as keeps him from coaching his children’s athletic teams.
“Issues and humiliation have come his way (because of the monitor),” Connell said.
Paquette has yet to face the charges.
