MOUNT MORRIS - Livingston County Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty
reports the arrest of two Nunda, NY residents on felony burglary and larceny
charges after an investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.
On February 28, 2020 Sheriff’s Investigator Connor Sanford
arrested and charged 62-year-old Richard L. Zerpentine and 62-year-old Peggy
Sue Zerpentine with felony Burglary in the 2nd Degree and Grand Larceny in the
4th Degree.
It is alleged that on February 26, 2020 Richard and Peggy
Sue Zerpentine entered a home on Creek Road and stole a couch and a chair
valued at over $1,800. It is further alleged that Richard and Peggy Sue did not
have permission from the owner to enter the home or remove any items.
Richard and Peggy Sue were turned over to Central Booking
Deputies at the Livingston County Jail for processing and pre-arraignment
detention. The offenses only qualified for pre-arraignment detention under the
NYS Justice Reform Act as the victim of the crime requested an order of
protection but the charges did not qualify for the suspects to be held on bail.
Richard and Peggy Sue were later arraigned at the Livingston
County Centralized Arraignment Part (LC-CAP) at the Livingston County Jail
before Town of Mount Morris Justice David Provo. The Judge did release both on
their own recognizance. Sergeant Joseph Breu and Deputy Connor Boor of the
Patrol Division, and Deputy Michael Donals of the Forensic Identification Unit,
assisted with the investigation.
