On December 26, 2017 the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations
(BCI) arrested James W. Beam Jr., 41 of Silver Creek, NY for Rape 3rd degree
and several counts of Official Misconduct.
Beam was charged following an investigation into an alleged unlawful
personal relationship with an inmate while employed as a Correction Officer at
Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility.
Beam was issued an appearance ticket at the direction of the
Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office and is to appear at the town of
Portland court in January 2018.
This case was a joint investigation by the New York State
Police and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community
Supervision Office of Special Investigations.
