On November 13, 2020 Sheriff’s Investigator Connor Sanford
arrested and charged Kyle J. Webster, age 23 from Dansville NY, with felony
Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child and felony Failure to Register and
Verify.
It is alleged by investigation that Webster, who is
registered as a level one sex offender, did possess images of sexual conduct of
by a child less than sixteen years of age on his cell phone. It is further alleged
that Webster also failed to register internet e-mail accounts along with login
information to social media accounts as required by law.
The NYS Corrections Law section 168-f (4) states that any
sex offender shall register with the division no later than ten calendar days
after any change of address, internet accounts with internet access providers
belonging to such offender, internet identifiers that such offender uses, or
his or her status of enrollment, attendance, employment, or residence ant any
institution of higher education.
Webster, who was currently remanded to the custody of the
Sheriff in the Livingston County Jail on a Violation of Probation, was turned
over to Central Booking Deputies for processing and pre-arraignment detention
as the offenses did qualify for pre-arraignment detention under the NYS Justice
Reform Act. The District Attorney’s Office was contacted in regards to bail due
to the felony level charges. It was recommended that Webster be held on $10,000
cash bail or $20,000 bond.
Webster was later arraigned at the Livingston County
Centralized Arraignment Part (LC-CAP) at the Livingston County Jail before Town
of Ossian Justice Wilson. The Judge did remand Webster to the custody of the
Sheriff on the recommended bail of $10,000 cash or $20,000 bond.
Sheriff’s Investigator Josh Monster and the Livingston
County Probation Department assisted with the investigation.
