Putnam County Sheriff Kevin J. McConville recently announced the arrest of Robert L. Langley III, of Mahopac, NY, on multiple counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child.
In March 2022, Investigators assigned to the Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) received information from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that images and videos of child sexual abuse material were being shared online from a residence in the Town of Carmel. BCI Investigators executed a search warrant at the residence on May 25, 2022, assisted by PCSO electronic storage detection K9 Hannah. Investigators began a digital forensics examination of the electronic devices seized and were able to recover evidence and identify a suspect.
The 36-year-old male resident of the Town of Carmel was charged with (4) four counts of Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child, a class E felony. He was arraigned before the Honorable Daniel Miller and released on his own recognizance pending a future appearance in the Town of Carmel Justice Court.
BCI Investigators worked collaboratively on this investigation with the Putnam County District Attorney’s Office, FBI Safe Streets Task Force, and New York State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
The release of Langley’s name comes with the change in policy from the Sheriff’s office that it will include the names of those arrested in their releases to the media and the public. This change coincides with almost every other law enforcement agency in New York State, whose policy has always been to release the names of those arrested of crimes.
Several media outlets in Putnam County, including the Putnam County Times/Press asked for a change in policy earlier this year when several gun arrests, drug arrests, and a similar arrest for possesing obscene sexual performance by a child, were announced but the names not released.
In 2017, Robert Langley Jr. defeated longtime Putnam County Sheriff Don Smith. In 2021, Putnam County Sheriff Langley lost to Putnam County Sheriff McConville. Both races were very close
