MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. - Westchester County District Attorney Janet
DiFiore charged Mount Vernon Police Officer Joseph Russo on Wednesday with two
counts of falsifying business records.
A news release from DiFiore's office said Russo submitted overtime
reports and Westchester County Traffic Board STEP forms to the Mount Vernon
Police Department stating that he worked two hours of overtime from Sept. 17,
2012 to Sept. 18, 2012, when he allegedly had not. Russo was paid $226.60 in
overtime which he allegedly was not entitled to.
An investigation by the Mount Vernon Police Department Internal
Affairs Unit led to Russo's suspension on Tuesday and arrest on Wednesday.
If convicted, Russo faces a maximum sentence of four years in
state prison. He is due in court next on March 27