County Covid News, Tuesday, September 27, 2022 

299 more COVID cases have been reported since last week in Steuben County.   From Steuben Co Public Health: "Steuben remains in the medium community level. Those at high risk for severe illness are encouraged to take extra precautions, including masking in public.  All are recommended to stay up to date on their COVID vaccines. If you're due for a booster or interested in the primary series, call our office at 607-664-2438 to schedule your appointment for October. Other vaccine locations can be found by visiting vaccines.gov"

 

ID Theft Accusations In Erwin - Suspects From Rochester

From Steuben County Sheriff Jim Allard:  "On September 25, 2022, Steuben County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Leona Allison, age 48, of Kingston Street, Rochester, New York,  Infinitee S. Beard, age 26, of Flower City Park, Rochester, New York,  Mone N. Wiggins, age 24, of Dana Street, Rochester, New York and Michael T. Pinckney, age 53, of River Street Corning following an investigation of a reported fraud in the Town of Erwin.  It is alleged that Ms. Allison, Ms. Beard, Ms. Wiggins and Mr. Pinckney attempted to steal property by use of an assumed identity and fraudulent credit cards at a retail establishment in the Town of Erwin.  All four were charged with Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and Identity Theft in the First Degree, both class D Felonies.  Ms. Beard, Ms. Wiggins and Mr. Pinckney were arraigned in the Centralized Arraignment Court and released.  Ms. Allison was arraigned and held due to previous felony convictions."

 

County Legislative Update 

The county's School Safety Initative was funded yesterday by the full county legislature.  The program provides more equipment to school resource officers.  The sheriff's department and the district attorneys office, are both involved in this program.  

 

Two Recent Fights At The Elmira Correctional Facility
More violence against corrections officers at the Elmira Correctional Facility.   A total of four corrections officers were treated at a hospital and three of them have not been able to return to work.  A spokesman for the state prison guards union says, the state legislature needs to get rid of the HALT Act, before a corrections officer gets killed.  The HALT Act got rid of a form of solitary confinement used to punish violent prisoners. 

 

The Latest On The 2022 Governor's Race 

Congressman Lee Zeldin is being endorsed by the Police Conference of New York State.  The conference says, if Zeldin is elected, law abiding New Yorkers will have someone looking out for them again.  Governor Kathy Hochul was in Long Island at a hospital there, talking about investments in science and medicine, that helps those in wheelchairs, be able to walk again.