-vs.-COUNTYOFALBANYCItyOFALBANY
COMPLAINT
STATEOFNEWYORKCRIMINALCOURT
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THEPEOPLEOFTHESTATEOFNEWORKEDWARDREILLYDOB
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BEITKNOWNTHAT,bythisCoplaint,JamesCarroll,theComplainantherein,aPeaceOfficerandInvestigatorwiththeNewYorktateInspectorGeneral'sOffice,EmpireStatePlaza,Albany,NewYork,accusesEdwardReilly,theabovnamedDefendant,ofcommittingthefollowingoffensesonoraboutandbetweenMarch17,2005throuhMay27,2011at625Broadway,CityandCountyofAlbany,NewYork.
ThebelowallegationsoffactaremdebytheComplainanthereinondirectknowledgeand/oruponinformationandbelief,withthesourceofComplainant'sinformationandthegroundsforbeliefbeing:aninvestigationconductedbythe
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ceoftheNewYorkStateInspectorGeneralincludinginterviewsofwitnessesandreviewofdocumnts,includingbutnotlimitedtoareviewofDepartmentofEnvironmentalConservationtelephoneandimeandattendancerecords.
COUNT1GRANDLARCENYINTHETHDEGREE,aClassDFelonyinviolationofSection155.35oftherenalLawoftheStateofNewYork,nthataperson,includingtheDefendantherein,isguiltyofgrandlarcenyinthethirddegreewhenhestalspropertyandwhenthevalueofthepropertyexceedsthreethousanddollars;Towit:theDefendantrnaechargestotheDepartmentofEnvironmentalConservation(DEC)intheformoftelephonecallstoatlet6premiumratetelephoneservicesthattotaled$20,125.32,allofwhichwereunauthorizedandunrelatetotheDefendant'semploymentwithDEC.Thecrimewascommittedunderthefollowingcircumstancs.AtalltimeshereintheDefendantisapublicservantemployedbyDECandassignedtoworkonthe4thflooroftheDECHeadquartersbuildiglocatedat625Broadway,Albany,NewYork.TheComplainantisinformedthatonoraboutdbetweenMarch17,2005throughMay27,2011,telephonecallsweremadetopremiumratetelephoneervicesfromthetelephonenumberassignedtotheDefendant'sworkstationandfromtheteleponeslocatedinsidefourconferenceroomsnumbered419,421,427and428allofwhicharelocated
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the4thfloorwheretheDefendantworkedandtheDefendanthadaccessto.TheComplainantisinformedbyTrrenceLantry,aninvestigatorwiththeDECOfficeofInternalAuditandControl,thatasaresultofsurveillneeheconductedduringAprilandMay2011,theDefendantwasobservedbyhimselffourtimesontheteleponein4thfloorconferenceroomnumbers419and428.AcheckofthetelephonerecordsforthetimeinwhictheDefendantwasobservedrevealedthattelephonecallsweremadefromthephonelocatedinsidetheconreneeroomnumber419and428totwopremiumratetelephoneservicesknownasQuestChatandSecretEcounters.