Saturday, April 20, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
By JIMMY LAWTON OGDENSBURG – A 30-year veteran of the Ogdensburg Police Department will remain in jail without bail after his attorney waived his right to a hearing Tuesday. Special Prosecutor Gary …
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By JIMMY LAWTON
OGDENSBURG – A 30-year veteran of the Ogdensburg Police Department will remain in jail without bail after his attorney waived his right to a hearing Tuesday.
Special Prosecutor Gary Pasqua said the case will be revisited March 8.
Harry J. McCarthy, 55, was sent to St. Lawrence County Jail, who is prosecuting child pornography charges against McCarthy, said the Feb. 23 hearing was scheduled to address an alleged violation of his release under probation supervision.
McCarthy had been charged with violating an order of protection after troopers say he approached and engaged in conversation with a 16 year-old male, who has an active order of protection against McCarthy.
However, McCarthy’s attorney waived his right to the hearing and did not contest the allegation.
Pasqua said conversations were held with McCarthy’s attorney and the judge at the hearing. He did not rule out the possibility of a plea deal, but said that if a deal is not reached March 8, a grand jury hearing may be in the future.
McCarthy’s original arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the New York State Police Computer Crimes Unit and Troop B, in cooperation with the City of Ogdensburg Police Department.
McCarthy was apparently caught by Google's system for monitoring child pornography. One image of a prepubescent female having vaginal sex with an adult male was uploaded May 19 at 8:26 p.m. from McCarthy’s home, according to court documents.
Court documents say the image was uploaded using the Google Gmail service, with an email address of Loverbouy.girl@gmail.com. Google apparently notified the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children of the child porn image and the addresses that were used to access the email account.
An order of protection was also issued for McCarthy's girlfriend and her children.
St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary E. Rain and County Court Judge Jerome J. Richards have both recused themselves from the case due to personal conflicts associated with McCarthy’s police work. Because of the conflicts Pasqua and Franklin County Court Judge Derek P. Champagne are handling the case.
