The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office arrested 33-year-old
Victoria L Burley of Avoca. It is alleged that in April, she knowingly and with
intent to defraud, presented both forged and false documents to the Steuben
County Department of Social Services. Burley was charged with two counts each
of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a class E felony
and two counts each of Forgery in the second degree, a class D Felony. The
Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Steuben County Department of Social
Services Fraud and Legal Affairs Unit and the District Attorney’s Office.
Steuben deputies arrested 32-year-old Richard H. Wood of
Savona. On October 12 deputies responded to a report of one car roll over
vehicle crash County Route 17 in the Town of Bradford. Deputies alleged that
Wood operated a motor vehicle in an intoxicated condition traveling Northeast
on County Route 17, crashed and left the scene. As a result of the
investigation Wood was charged with felony Driving While Intoxicated, Refusal to
Take Breath Test, failure to keep right, consumption of alcohol in a motor
vehicle and operator leaving the scene of a property damage accident. He is
scheduled to appear in Bradford Town Court at a later date.
