City of Watertown, New York

Police Department
Metro-Jeff Public Safety Building
751 Waterman Drive
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone (315) 786-2610
Fax (315) 786-2613
wpd@watertown-ny.gov Charles P. Donoghue
Chief of Police

Media Release
02/14/2020

On this date, on or about 1:50 AM, a uniformed patrol officer observed a SUV pass another
vehicle at a high rate of speed on Court St. in the City. The officer caught up to the vehicle near
the W. Main St. and on LeRay St. intersection where the officer activated his emergency lights in
an attempt to stop the SUV. The vehicle turned onto W. Lynde St. and stopped shortly after the
Curtis St. intersection. The officer determined the driver was driving while intoxicated. The
male was arrested and transported to the station where he refused to take a breathalyzer test.
While conducting a vehicle inventory, the officer found 110 glassine bags of suspected heroin.

The driver was identified as 30 year old Karim Mitchell-Rahim of 232 W. Main St. in our City.
He has been charged with: Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance with intent to sell in
the Third Degree a Class B felony, Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated Unlicensed in the
Third Degree both unclassified misdemeanors, Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle and
Unsafe Passing, which are both infractions. He was brought to City Court this morning for
arraignment and he was released on his own recognizance.

Joseph R. Donoghue Sr.

Detective Lieutenant