On August 8, 2016, State Police in Hastings arrested Richard S. Buffham, age 48, of West Monroe, on one count of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, a class B felony.
Buffham was charged following a joint investigation with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations. He was arraigned in the Town of West Monroe Court and remanded to the Oswego County Public Safety Building on $20,000 cash bail or $40,000 bail bond.
*Richard S. Buffham was charged on June 16, 2016, by Homeland Security on federal charge, 18 USC 2252A, distribution of child pornography. He was arraigned in federal court in Syracuse and remanded to the Onondaga County Jail in Jamesville without bail.