People v. Alteri

*168OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard B. Meyer, J.

The defendant, a dispatcher1 for the Town of Ticonderoga, Essex County, was arrested in January 2006 and charged in town Justice Court with misdemeanor crimes of endangering the welfare of a child (Penal Law § 260.10 [1]), sexual abuse in the third degree (Penal Law § 130.55), and unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree (Penal Law § 260.20 [1]). Due to the “close working relationship” which up to then had existed between the two town justices and the defendant as a dispatcher, pursuant to CPL 170.15 (3), the justices filed with this court…