GENESEO - Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty reports the arrest of
a Dansville NY resident on felony criminal contempt charges after an
investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.
It is alleged that 27-year-old Samantha M. Cossairt had a
court issued order of protection in place against her requiring her to stay
five hundred (500) feet away from the protected party’s place of employment.
It is further alleged by investigation that on August 26,
2020 Cossairt violated the order of protection when she went to the protected
party’s place of employment.
On September 1, 2020 Cossairt was arrested and charged by
Sheriff’s Deputies with felony Criminal Contempt in the 1st Degree. The charge
was a felony as Cossairt had a previous criminal contempt related conviction on
September 9, 2019.
Cossairt was turned over to Central Booking Deputies at the
Livingston County Jail for processing and pre-arraignment detention as the
offense did qualify for pre-arraignment detention under the NYS Justice Reform
Act, however a Judge cannot set bail. Cossairt was later arraigned at the
Livingston County Centralized Arraignment Part (LC-CAP) at the Livingston
County Jail before Town of Nunda Justice Emily Stoufer. The Judge did release
Cossairt on her own recognizance. The incident was handled by members of the
Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division and Criminal Investigations Division.
