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The Sheriff’s Office said it began investigating Rowlinson last month after two people came forward to report alleged incidents from the summer of 2014, when both were less than 13 years old. The accusations include claims that Rowlinson had sexual intercourse with one of the two while exposing the other to sexual contact. “Further details of this case are being withheld to protect the victims,” said Livingston County Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty. The Dansville Police Department is credite...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle P. Rossi, who is handling the case, said in July 2020, an undercover law enforcement officer downloaded numerous pictures and videos of child pornography that traced back to an IP address belonging to Augrom.  Some of the images and videos included children younger than 12 years old engaged in sexual conduct with adults, as well as depictions of violence, prosecutors said. Rossi said on Dec. 10, 2020, investigators executed a search warrant at Augrom’s William...

The Leader A technical error in the Steuben County grand jury proceedings that resulted in a sweeping indictment against five men, including a legislator, in a sex trafficking enterprise has been dismissed by a judge. But prosecutors plan to file the charges again. The indictment charging Larry Comfort Sr. — hes one of two brothers linked to the 1980 shooting death of a state police investigator — along with Steuben County Legislator Steven Maio and three other men was dismissed�...