Franklin
LIBERTY – A Liberty man has been arrested by the Sullivan County
Welfare Fraud Task Force on a federal warrant for escape.
Alfred Franklin, 33, who had been released to a halfway house after serving
a federal prison sentence for narcotics offenses, absconded from that
facility.
A joint investigation by the Sullivan task force, the US Department of
Homeland Security, US Marshals Service and Liberty Police revealed Franklin
was frequenting a residence in the Village of Liberty.
Franklin was arrested, processed at the Sullivan County Sheriff’s
Office and turned over the US Marshals Service.
The welfare task force also arrested Raymond Myers of Loch Sheldrake and
charged him with the felony of filing a false instrument and 13 misdemeanor
counts of theft of services. It is alleged that he used $926 worth of
medical transportation services for non-medical purposes.
Donald Doolittle, 39, of Monticello, was charged with the felony of offering
a false instrument for filing and a misdemeanor of welfare fraud. It is
alleged that he stole $2,928 in food stamp benefits by failing to report
household income.
