As news broke that Utica Police Officer Brandon Jones was suspended from the department this week, the Observer-Dispatch rehashed the feud between then-District Attorney Michael Arcuri and Police Chief Allen Pylman last year.
This incident comes amidst the Utica Common Council’s unresolved investigation of the way Pylman handled then-police Sgt. James Franco’s timecard falsification.
Some city Democrats have accused Pylman of covering up Franco’s illegal activity.
When then-DA Mike Arcuri prosecuted Franco, it caused chilly relations between the DA’s office and Pylman.
Arcuri told the O-D editorial board in December that when he began investigating the timecard incident, Pylman stopped working with his office.
This embarrassing episode between Arcuri and Pylman seemed like sour grapes at the time it happened, but when Arcuri took the low road in December, it proved he was nothing more than a petty politician trying to score points.
It’s not surprising, therefore, to read that relations between Pylman and the DA’s office improved once Arcuri moved to Washington.
October 20, 2007 at 3:48 pm
[...] opponent, David Longeretta, has cited the Franco case as an example of Arcuri and McNamara’s incompetence during their reign at the DA’s [...]