On the steps of the Monroe County Office Building, Lakaya Sinclair Friday said she wants the ethics board to pass laws that would prohibit sexual harassment, saying a current proposal by legislators does not go far enough.
Monroe County Legislator Ernest Flagler-Mitchell. Monroe County Legislator Ernest Flagler-Mitchell violated the county’s code of ethics when he sent a sexually-explicit photo to a 19-year-old woman, the county Board of Ethics ruled Thursday. The board had been reviewing the matter since January, when it first received a complaint from the woman, Lakaya Sinclair, that Flagler-Mitchell sent her a Facebook message containing a photo of his genitalia and other messages that made her feel uncomfortable. Flagler-Mitchell, 43, a retired firefighter and married father of eight children, acknowledged sending the photo but said it was done in error and that the image was meant for his wife, whom he said he had been messaging simultaneously with Sinclair. He has also said that the genitalia pictured was not his.