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Top Stories, November 14, 2022

Upcoming County Budget Presentation

The Steuben County Legislature will present, the county budget tomorrow morning after an 1130am Tuesday morning public hearing.  The final vote on the budget will be in a couple of weeks.   

 

Welfare Fraud Accusations In The Area Today

Steuben County Sheriff Jim Allard reports:  on November 11, 2022, Investigators of the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office arrested John L. Landsborough, age 56, of Bath New York.

It is alleged that from 08/29/2022 to 09/30/2022 Mr. Landsborough offered a false instrument for filing to the Steuben County Department of Social Services and received benefits from the Steuben County Department of Social Services in the amount of $500.00 that he was not eligible to receive.  It is further alleged that on 10/10/2022, Landsborough sold his benefit card issued by the Steuben County Department of Social Service for cash.  As a result, Mr. Landsborough obtained benefits which he was not entitled nor authorized to receive in the amount of $198.46.  Landsborough is charged with Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a class E Felony, Criminal Use of a Public Benefit Card in the Second Degree and Petit Larceny.  Landsborough was released with an appearance ticket to appear in the Village of Bath Court at a later date.   Also, 50 year old Patricia Copus Penn of Bath, is accused of getting $150 in welfare benefits that she was allegedly not entitled too.  Copus Penn was ticketed and released.  Also, the sheriff says that a 33 year old Corning man is accused of using two EBT card which belonged to other people, one of whom is a suspect who is in Steuben County Jail.  The Corning man is said to have spent over $300 using the two EBT cards.  He was ticketed and released.

 

Peeping Tom Allegations Against A Homeless Man

From Bath Village Police: On 11/05/2022, the Village of Bath Police Department arrested Zachary D. Halvorson, 26, Homeless, of Bath, on one count of Trespass, a violation.  This stems from a report of Halvorson trespassing on the victim’s porch at approximately 4:30 am that morning. Halvorson was caught on the victim’s home cameras peeking in the windows for quite some time.  The victim requested an order of protection. Due to the request for an order of protection, Halvorson was transported to the jail to await CAP arraignment. The judge at CAP arraignment declined to issue an order of protection on the victim’s behalf and released Halvorson on his own  recognizance.

 

Child Abuse Allegations Over In Hornell

Hornell Police Sgt Tom Aini reports that Robert Taft, 26, of 38 Sherman Street Hornell, is in Steuben County Jail without bail, after being charged with: two counts of Assault in the First Degree, two counts of Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree, two counts of Reckless Assault of a Child, two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.  Taft is alleged to have shaken a child who was under the age of five years old during two separate incidents, causing brain injury to that child.   The child ended up in the St James Emergency Room on October 23.

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