TOWN OF AVON: Livingston County Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty reports the arrest of a Steuben County resident on drug related charges after a traffic stop.
On September 21, 2019 at approximately 3:20 p.m., Deputy Matthew Thomas was assigned to the Sheriff’s Office STOP DWI Unit when he stopped a vehicle on Lakeville Road for a violation of the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law.
The Deputy Sheriff suspected that the occupants of the vehicle were involved with drug activity and conducted a roadside drug investigation.
The roadside investigation revealed that a passenger in the vehicle Franklin G.R. Brockway, age 27 from Hornell was allegedly in possession of ten (10) bags of fentanyl.
Brockway was arrested and charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.
Brockway was turned over to Central Booking Deputies at the Livingston County Jail for processing and pre-arraignment detention.
Brockway was later arraigned at the Livingston County Centralized Arraignment Part (LC-CAP) at the Livingston County Jail before Town of York Judge Thomas Porter. The Judge released Brockway on his own recognizance.
Deputy Shawn Whitford assisted with the traffic stop.
