Steuben County Sheriff Jim Allard
reports that on September 28, 2020, deputies of the Steuben County Sheriff’s
office arrested Michael P. Shepherd, age 31 of W. Washington Street in the Village
of Bath. It is alleged that from February
1st to August 31st, 2020, Mr. Shepherd offered one false
instrument for filling to the Steuben County Department of Social Services. It is
also alleged that Mr. Shepherd received benefits from the Steuben County
Department of Social Services in the amount of $1,348.00 that he was not
eligible to receive.
Mr. Shepherd is charged with one count of
Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the first degree, a class E felony,
and one count of Grand Larceny in the Fourth degree, a class E felony. Mr.
Shepherd was also found to have an active violation of probation warrant issued
out of Steuben County Court. Mr. Shepherd was remanded to the Steuben County
Jail.
The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office
was assisted by the Steuben County Department of Social Services Fraud and
Legal Affairs Unit, Steuben County Probation Department, and the District
Attorney’s Office.
