Herkimer County District Attorney Jeffrey Carpenter was the speaker at a recent Mohawk Valley Rotary club meeting. Carpenter spoke about his tenure in the DA’s office, he stated that he has prosecuted all types of cases including minor traffic offenses and misdemeanors to more heinous crimes of homicide, sexual offenses against adults and children, assault, burglary, robbery, and other serious felony offenses.
Carpenter presented statistics on crime rates, he stated that” the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services has reported that the total index crimes reported in Herkimer County have decreased each and every year. In fact, in 2014 and 2015, the index crime rate in Herkimer County was the lowest since before 1990 and the violent index crime rate was the lowest since 1992”
Club members had numerous comments, questions and opinions on crimes and the penal system.