Posted on 23 February 2013. Tags: arrested, county, davy v., department, deputy, drugs, jail, john, livingston, ny. sheriff, york
By Davy V.
A five- year veteran of the Livingston County, NY Sheriff’s Office has been arrested and charged with smuggling drugs into the Livingston County Jail.
Jail deputy Robert J. Schlegel, 32, of Dansville, NY is facing charges of second-degree promoting prison contraband and receiving a reward for official misconduct.
Schlegel was released on $2,500 bail and will appear in court at a later date.
This is at least the second time in less than three months that the Livingston County, NY Sheriff’s department has come under a spotlight.
In December of 2012, Livingston County officials confirmed that a “confidential investigation” was underway.
The investigation involves allegations of wrongdoing by Livingston County Jail staff, specifically timecard mismanagement.
The allegations include part-time deputies working shifts for full-time deputies, and in return they would be paid in cash by the full-time deputies, whose time cards would still reflect that the full-timer worked the shift, when they hadn’t.
In other words, fraud.
Livingston County Sheriff John York, whose seat is up in November, and hasn’t yet decided if he will run for re-election, seemed to downplay the allegations of corruption and misconduct in his department, insinuating that politics may be involved.
“I would ask that everybody wait until the investigation is done and I hope the report was made for the right reasons; because of allegations of wrongdoing not for political gain,” said York.
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About Davy V.
Davy V. is a Cuban-American Filmmaker, Video Producer, Photographer and Freelance Writer, best known for using the power of video and film to expose Police Brutality, Corruption and Misconduct.
The son of the late Mario Vara, a community activist who for years fought against Police Brutality and Misconduct in Rochester, New York, Davy V. got his start in Television and Video by tagging along and working camera for his father's cable access television show, "La Voz Del Pueblo" (The Voice of The People).
Davy V. later went on to produce and host "KEEP IT ON THE REEL", a cable access TV show with a mix of Hip Hop as well as issues affecting African-Americans and Latinos in Rochester, NY, such as Police Brutality and Misconduct. Some guests on the show included Treach, KayGee and Vinnie of Naughty by Nature, Method Man, Funkdoobiest, Da Youngstas, and the Rottin' Razkals.
Davy V. won the U.S. ACM Video Festival Award for his Documentary, "R.P.D. EXPOSED!" about the Rochester, New York Police Department and their long history of misconduct, corruption and unnecessary killings of unarmed innocent citizens.
"R.P.D. EXPOSED!" and Davy V.'s follow up, "R.P.D.: Badges of DISHONOR, CORRUPTION and MURDER!" were both screened at the National Hip Hop Political Convention at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey.
Davy V.'s work has been featured in publications such as THE SOURCE Hip Hop Magazine, URBAN AMERICA Magazine, The Ave. Magazine, Insider Magazine, La Voz Newspaper, Minority Reporter Newspaper, CNY LATINO Newspaper, DOWN Magazine, as well as on television news stations, and programs such as CNN and Inside Edition.
In addition to his freelance writing, Davy V. also writes a monthly Op/Ed Column for LA VOZ Magazine and Minority Reporter Newspaper.
In June 2012, Davy V. joined Cop Block as a regular contributor.
I’m so sick of cops, they all need to be outfitted with camera’s to record their constant felonys. In the Future Police Uniforms Will Be nothing more than worthless Rags…
York announced on the 19th he’s retiring, 5 days before Davy’s article.
Dammit! Missed another fact again Davy V…
So…let’s make sure we understand this Davy…..now you think its “bad” for the police to hold corrections guys accountable? Thought that what you wanted?
Not bad, just rare, and therefore worthy of note.
I am so confused as to how the two jacknuts above came to their conclusions. Clearly what I get is that cops and prison guards need to be watched better because they are corrupt.
So if everybody is so sick of cops, then let’s make our own Police force….It seems everybody comes here to comment but no one takes action, thats what Im sick of cuz then we deserve what we get from the Police.
Daner… How would making our own police force fix the problem?