New York State Troopers from the North Hornell barracks
announce the arrest of a Canisteo man stemming from an investigation regarding
possible child abuse. Patrick A. Runyan,
age 26, of West Main Street in Canisteo, was arrested on Saturday and charged with
fourteen counts each of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree (a class “B”
misdemeanor) and Endangering the Welfare of a Child (a class “A”
misdemeanor). State Police
Investigator Brian Mayhew alleges that, on fourteen separate occasions spanning from January
to March of 2017, Runyan intentionally and repeatedly subjected a
15 year-old child to sexual contact while at a residence in the Village of
Canisteo. Runyan was arraigned before
Town of Hornellsville Justice Richard Scavo and remanded to the Steuben County
Jail in lieu of $2,000 cash bail or $4,000 property bond. He is scheduled to reappear in the Village of
Canisteo Court on 03/24/17 at 8:00 a.m.
