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icheal Leach, 61, who had been charged in the shooting death of his son Matthew, 37, was sentenced Tuesday, August 19, in Herkimer County Count, having pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in June.

Matthew was shot by his father on July 21, 2012, in a room the two shared at Clark’s Beach Motel in Old Forge.

Both men worked in law enforcement in the Rochester area.

Michael told investigators he had been sleeping when his son entered the room. Believing his son to be an intruder, Michael said he grabbed a handgun that he kept at bedside, and shot his son.  Continue reading →

Michael Leach, a retired Captain with the Rochester Police Dep-art-ment, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide on Wednesday, June 4, having been charged by authorities in the shooting death of his son in 2012, an incident that occurred at Clark’s Beach Motel in Old Forge.

The plea was heard in Herkimer County Court by Judge John Crandall.

Leach had been facing a trial by prosecutors, charging him with second degree murder.  Continue reading →