NEW CITY – A Rockland County corrections officer, who was indicted on official misconduct and promoting prison contraband, pled guilty in county court.
Christopher Taggart. 39, of New City, was sentenced by Judge David Zuckerman to two years of probation. As a condition of the plea, Taggard had to resign as a corrections officer in the county sheriff’s office.
Taggart was originally indicted in July 2020 on two counts of promoting prison contraband, a felony, and several counts of official misconduct as misdemeanors.
Taggard’s guilty plea “closes the prosecution of an officer wo violated his oath to protect and serve the inmates of the Rockland County Jail,” said District Attorney Tom Walsh.
